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The actual amount of the water vapor in a mixture of air and water.
Industry:Aviation
Equal to gauge pressure plus atmospheric pressure. Also known as psia.
Industry:Aviation
Temperature measured relative to absolute zero. Absolute temperature scales include Kelvin and Rankine.
Industry:Aviation
The acceleration of an object caused by gravity. On earth, it is measured as 32.2 feet per second per second (32.2 fps/s).
Industry:Aviation
The process in which the value of one number is added to the value of another.
Industry:Aviation
Issued to inform the aviation public in a systematic way of nonregulatory material. An AC is issued to provide guidance and information in a designated subject area or to show a method acceptable to the Administrator for complying with a related 14 CFR part.
Industry:Aviation
FAA recordkeeping documents issued for both type-certificated and non-typecertificated products which have been found eligible for U.S. airworthiness certification.
Industry:Aviation
Any device that creates a force, or lift, based on Bernoulli’s principles or Newton’s laws, when air is caused to flow over the surface of the device.
Industry:Aviation
A document required to be onboard an aircraft that indicates the aircraft conforms to type design and is in condition for safe operation.
Industry:Aviation
Issued by the FAA in response to deficiencies and/or unsafe conditions found in aircraft, engines, propellers, or other aircraft parts. Compliance with an AD is mandatory.
Industry:Aviation
