- 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 ...
Shavings of aluminum formed into a pad.
Aluminum wool can be used to remove corrosion products from aluminum alloy parts and also to smooth out minor scratches on the surface of aluminum sheets or tubing.
Industry:Aviation
Sheets of metal that have been made more rigid by forming a series of parallel ridges or waves in their surfaces.
Industry:Aviation
Shifting of the wind in a clockwise direction with respect to either space or time. Veering, which is the opposite of backing, is commonly used by meteorologists to refer to an anticyclonic shift, clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Industry:Aviation
Shifting of the wind in a counterclockwise direction with respect to either space or time. Backing is the opposite of veering and is commonly used by meteorologists to refer to a cyclonic shift (counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere).
Industry:Aviation
Shortening a piece of sheet metal by forming small pleats or corrugations in its surface. A formed metal angle may be bent into a curve by crimping the edge of one of its legs.
Industry:Aviation
Small colored reflectors installed on the tip of a helicopter rotor to aid in checking the track of the blades. A spotlight is shone on the tip of the rotor, and as it reflects off the reflectors, it shows up as bars of colored light. The bars caused by both reflectors must be superimposed for the rotor blades to be in track.
Industry:Aviation
Small lights placed in a shield over the two top corners of an instrument installed in an aircraft instrument panel. Eyebrow lights illuminate the dial of the instrument, but do not shine in the pilot’s eyes.
Industry:Aviation
Small particles in the air on which water vapor condenses or sublimates.
Industry:Aviation
Small rectangular, low aspect ratio airfoils mounted on the upper surface of the wings of some high-speed airplanes. Vortex generators are mounted in pairs, and the air spilling over their upper ends forms swirls, or vortices. These vortices pull high-energy air down to the surface of the wing. Vortex generators prevent the air separating from the surface of the wing.
Industry:Aviation
