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

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amendment status

Aviation; Aircraft

The circulation date and revision number of an instrument approach procedure, printed above the procedure identification.

isogonic lines

Aviation; Aircraft

Lines drawn across aeronautical charts to connect points having the same magnetic variation.

stepdown fix

Aviation; Aircraft

The point after which additional descent is permitted within a segment of an IAP.

ammeter

Aviation; Aircraft

An instrument installed in series with an electrical load used to measure the amount of current flowing through the load.

jet route

Aviation; Aircraft

A route designated to serve flight operations from 18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL 450.

strapdown system

Aviation; Aircraft

An INS in which the accelerometers and gyros are permanently “strapped down” or aligned with the three axes of the aircraft.

aneroid

Aviation; Aircraft

The sensitive component in an altimeter or barometer that measures the absolute pressure of the air. It is a sealed, flat capsule made of thin disks of corrugated metal soldered ...