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Flying the aircraft on any heading required to keep the needle pointing to the 0° relative bearing position.
Industry:Aviation
Drag generated between air molecules and the solid surface of the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
A systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to consistently determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances.
Industry:Aviation
A flight navigation instrument that combines the heading indicator with a CDI, in order to provide the pilot with better situational awareness of location with respect to the courseline.
Industry:Aviation
The horizontal distance from the aircraft antenna to the ground station, due to line-of-sight transmission of the DME signal.
Industry:Aviation
An irregular imaginary line across the surface of the Earth along which the magnetic and geographic poles are in alignment, and along which there is no magnetic variation.
Industry:Aviation
The term, originated by inventor James Watt, means the amount of work a horse could do in one second. One horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second, or 33,000 foot-pounds per minute.
Industry:Aviation
A system whereby the heading gyro is “slaved to,” or continuously corrected to bring its direction readings into agreement with a remotely located magnetic direction sensing device (usually a flux valve or flux gate compass).
Industry:Aviation
Primary flight control surfaces mounted on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, near the tip. Ailerons control roll about the longitudinal axis.
Industry:Aviation
In gas turbine engines, a start which occurs with normal engine rotation, but exhaust temperature exceeds prescribed limits. This is usually caused by an excessively rich mixture in the combustor. The fuel to the engine must be terminated immediately to prevent engine damage.
Industry:Aviation
