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Aviation

Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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block altitude

Aviation; Aircraft

A block of altitudes assigned by ATC to allow altitude deviations; for example, “Maintain block altitude 9 to 11 thousand.”

magneto

Aviation; Aircraft

A self-contained, engine-driven unit that supplies electrical current to the spark plugs; completely independent of the airplane’s electrical system. Normally there are two ...

traffic alert collision avoidance system (TCAS)

Aviation; Aircraft

An airborne system developed by the FAA that operates independently from the ground-based Air Traffic Control system. Designed to increase flight deck awareness of proximate ...

distance measuring equipment (DME)

Aviation; Aircraft

A pulse-type electronic navigation system that shows the pilot, by an instrument-panel indication, the number of nautical miles between the aircraft and a ground station or ...

position report

Aviation; Aircraft

A report over a known location as transmitted by an aircraft to ATC.

approach lighting system (ALS)

Aviation; Aircraft

Provides lights that will penetrate the atmosphere far enough from touchdown to give directional, distance, and glidepath information for safe transition from instrument to visual ...