Aviation

Aviation

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

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precision approach CAT III

Aviation; Air traffic control

Operation down to minima prescribed in the carrier's operating specifications in the operator's operations manual or in the Canada Air Pilot (CAP).

RNAV approach

Aviation; Air traffic control

An instrument approach procedure (IAP) that relies on aircraft area navigation equipment for navigational guidance.

Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The federal agency conducting independent investigations and public inquiries into transportation occurrences, including aviation occurrences, to advance transportation safety.

special category I (SCAT I)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The implementation of local area differential global positioning system (GPS) to provide early satellite navigation precision approach CAT I capability. Standards in Radio ...

SSR code

Aviation; Air traffic control

A four-digit octal number received from the aircraft transponder when it is interrogated by a secondary surveillance radar (SSR).

survival ELT

Aviation; Air traffic control

An ELT that is removable from an aircraft, stowed so as to facilitate its ready use in an emergency and activated by survivors. Automatic activation may apply.

Northern Domestic Airspace (NDA)

Aviation; Air traffic control

As geographically delineated in the Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH), a subdivision of Canadian Domestic Airspace (CDA) commencing at the North Pole and extending southward to ...