- Industry: Aviation
- Number of terms: 16387
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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 ...
Not functioning, or not working. A device or circuit is inoperative when it is not working or not able to be used.
Industry:Aviation
Not having a clear meaning. In radio navigation, 180° ambiguity is an error inherent in some of the simpler types of direction finding equipment. Because of this error, the equipment does not show whether the station being received is directly ahead of or directly behind the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
Not stable; “a” means not. An astable electronic device has two conditions of temporary stability, but no condition of permanent stability.
Industry:Aviation
Numbers and names used to identify components or parts in an aircraft drawing. Call-outs are normally placed near the part being identified and are connected to the part by a thin leader line.
Industry:Aviation
Numbers placed along the edges of large aircraft drawings to identify the location of a part on the drawing. Numerals are used along the length of the drawing, and letters are used along the width.
Industry:Aviation
Occurring twice each year. Biannual must not be confused with biennial, which means occurring every two years.
Industry:Aviation
Oil obtained from the seed of the flax plant. Linseed oil is used as a drying agent in some types of enamel, and as a rust preventive coating inside steel tubing used in welded aircraft structure.
Industry:Aviation
Oil that cannot be drained from an engine lubricating system when the aircraft is in the normal ground attitude and the drain valve is left open. The weight of the undrainable oil is included in the empty weight of the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
