- Industry: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A patented, high-strength, pin-type fastener used in aircraft construction. Hi-Shear rivets are often used in place of bolts in strong, lightweight structure.
The pin of a Hi-Shear rivet has a thin, flat head on one end and a groove around its shank at the other end. The pin is pressed through a tight-fitting hole in the pieces of metal to be joined, and a soft steel or aluminum alloy collar is slipped over its grooved end. A swaging tool forces the collar into the groove and pulls the head of the rivet tight against the metal through which it is installed.
Industry:Aviation
A pattern produced on the radarscope by ground returns which may degrade other radar returns in the affected area.
Industry:Aviation
A paved area on an airport, usually around the hangars where aircraft can be parked. Most ramps have provision for securing aircraft so they will not be blown away by strong winds. Ramps are also called aprons and tarmacs.
Industry:Aviation
A paved strip that parallels the runways.
Aircraft move along the taxiways from the terminal to the end of the runway so they will not interfere with aircraft using the runway for takeoff and landing.
Industry:Aviation
A period of time used by the FAA for inspection and certification purposes. One calendar month from a given day extends from that day until midnight of the last day of that month. A calendar month beginning on June 6 ends at midnight of June 30.
Industry:Aviation
A periodically reversing motion in which a body moves from one side to the other of its at-rest position. Every physical body has a natural resonant frequency at which it vibrates with the greatest amplitude for a given amount of excitation.
Industry:Aviation
A permanent deformation in a material that has been strained beyond its elastic limit. According to Hooke’s law, a material deforms, or strains, in proportion to the amount of stress put on it, and when the stress is removed, the material will return to its original shape and size. This is true until the elastic limit of the material is reached. If the elastic limit of the material is exceeded, the material will not return to its original condition; rather it will take a permanent set.
Industry:Aviation
A permanent magnet formed in the shape of the letter U, the shape of a horseshoe. The poles of a horseshoe magnet are close together, and the magnetic flux between them is concentrated.
Industry:Aviation
A permanent magnet made by pressing together a mixture of ceramic material and sintered magnetic particles. Ceramic magnetic material is called ferromagnetic ceramic.
Industry:Aviation
A person aboard an aircraft for the purpose of operating the aircraft in flight.
Industry:Aviation
