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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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non-radar route
Aviation; Air traffic control
A route on which an aircraft is able to determine its position, track and, consequently, the minimum IFR altitude without the benefit of radar information.
precision controller
Aviation; Air traffic control
A duty controller assigned to a precision radar approach control position.
radar route
Aviation; Air traffic control
A flight path or route over which an aircraft is vectored. Navigational guidance and altitude assignments are provided by ATC.
terminal controller
Aviation; Air traffic control
A duty controller assigned to the terminal control position.
reciprocal tracks
Aviation; Air traffic control
An expression used by ATS in the application of separation to indicate tracks that converge or diverge at an angle of 136° to 180° inclusive.
torching
Aviation; Air traffic control
The burning of fuel at the end of an exhaust pipe or stack of a reciprocating aircraft engine resulting from an excessive richness in the fuel/air mixture.
no radio
Aviation; Air traffic control
An expression describing an inability to communicate by radio owing to the absence or failure of radio equipment.
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