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A computer-based navigation system that tracks the movement of an aircraft via signals produced by onboard accelerometers. The location of the aircraft is entered into the computer, and all subsequent movement of the aircraft is sensed and used to keep the position updated. An INS does not require any inputs from outside signals.
Industry:Aviation
A type of hypoxia that results when the oxygen-rich blood in the lungs is not moving to the tissues that need it.
Industry:Aviation
Approach control radar used to detect and display an aircraft’s position in the terminal area.
Industry:Aviation
The fix depicted on IAP charts where the instrument approach procedure (IAP) begins unless otherwise authorised by ATC.
Industry:Aviation
A rapid decrease in lift caused by the separation of airflow from the wing’s surface, brought on by exceeding the critical angle of attack. A stall can occur at any pitch attitude or airspeed.
Industry:Aviation
An instrument approach in which ATC issues instructions for pilot compliance based on aircraft position in relation to the final approach course and the distance from the end of the runway as displayed on the controller’s radar scope.
Industry:Aviation
Higher minimums are prescribed when the specified visual aids are not functioning; this information is listed in the Inoperative Components Table found in the United States Terminal Procedures Publications.
Industry:Aviation
The stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration. In small airplanes, this is the power-off stall speed at the maximum landing weight in the landing configuration (gear and flaps down). The lower limit of the white arc.
Industry:Aviation
An FAA publication containing information on all airports, communications, and NAVAIDs.
Industry:Aviation
Assists in interpretation by instantaneously indicating the rate of climb or descent at a given moment with little or no lag as displayed in a vertical speed indicator (VSI).
Industry:Aviation
