Aviation

Aviation

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

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situational awareness

Aviation; Aircraft

Pilot knowledge of where the aircraft is in regard to location, air traffic control, weather, regulations, aircraft status, and other factors that may affect flight.

adverse yaw

Aviation; Aircraft

A condition of flight in which the nose of an airplane tends to yaw toward the outside of the turn. This is caused by the higher induced drag on the outside wing, which is also ...

holding

Aviation; Aircraft

A predetermined maneuver that keeps aircraft within a specified airspace while awaiting further clearance from ATC.

skidding turn

Aviation; Aircraft

An uncoordinated turn in which the rate of turn is too great for the angle of bank, pulling the aircraft to the outside of the turn.

aerodynamics

Aviation; Aircraft

The science of the action of air on an object, and with the motion of air on other gases. Aerodynamics deals with the production of lift by the aircraft, the relative wind, and ...

holding pattern

Aviation; Aircraft

A racetrack pattern, involving two turns and two legs, used to keep an aircraft within a prescribed airspace with respect to a geographic fix. A standard pattern uses right turns; ...

skills and procedures

Aviation; Aircraft

The procedural, psychomotor, and perceptual skills used to control a specific aircraft or its systems. They are the airmanship abilities that are gained through conventional ...