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Aircraft maintenance
Principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures for aircraft maintenance, including terms on airframe, powerplant ratings, mathematics, aircraft drawings, weight and balance, aircraft materials, processes and tools, physics, electricity, inspection, ground operations, and FAA regulations governing the certification and work of maintenance technicians.
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Aircraft maintenance
airfoil
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
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.
airworthiness certificate
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A document required to be onboard an aircraft that indicates the aircraft conforms to type design and is in condition for safe operation.
airworthiness directive (AD)
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
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.
alclad aluminum
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Used to designate sheets that consist of an aluminum alloy core coated with a layer of pure aluminum to a depth of approximately 5½ percent on each side.
algebra
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The branch of mathematics that uses letters or symbols to represent numbers in formulas and equations.
area
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A measurement of the amount of surface inside a two-dimensional object.
arm
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
The horizontal distance that a part of the aircraft or a piece of equipment is located from the datum.