- 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 gyroscopic flight instrument that gives the pilot an indication of the heading of the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
A gyro-stabilized direction indicator whose directional signals are produced by a flux valve.
Industry:Aviation
A half loop of wire at the cable entrance of an exposed junction box. The final section of the cable runs upward, preventing water entering the box.
Industry:Aviation
A halogenated hydrocarbon fire-extinguishing agent that is one of the best for extinguishing cabin and powerplant fires. It is highly effective and is the least toxic of the extinguishing agents available. The technical name for Halon 1301 is bromotrifluoromethane.
Industry:Aviation
A halogenated hydrocarbon fire-extinguishing agent that is used in many of the HRD (high-rate discharge) fire-extinguishing systems for powerplant protection. The technical name for Halon 1211 is bromochlorodifluoromethane.
Industry:Aviation
A hammer used for driving and removing nails from wood. The claws which are used to remove nails may be either straight or curved.
Industry:Aviation
A hammer whose head has one or more soft faces made of plastic, rubber, rawhide, or a soft metal such as lead or aluminum. Soft-faced hammers are used to pound on surfaces that could be damaged by hard hammers.
Industry:Aviation
A hammer with one side of its head shaped like a ball. The ball is used to peen, or flatten, the heads of rivets driven in commercial sheet metal.
Industry:Aviation
A hand file with its teeth formed on the outside of a curved surface that resembles the bowl of a spoon.
Industry:Aviation
A hand plane with a narrow blade. Dado planes are used to cut flat-bottom grooves in wood.
Industry:Aviation
