Aircraft

Aircraft

Any machine or device that is capable of atmospheric flight either by buoyancy or by the movement of air over its surfaces.

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military operations area (MOA)

Aviation; Aircraft

Airspace established for the purpose of separating certain military training activities from IFR traffic.

turn-and-slip indicator

Aviation; Aircraft

A flight instrument consisting of a rate gyro to indicate the rate of yaw and a curved glass inclinometer to indicate the relationship between gravity and centrifugal force. The turn-and-slip ...

en route low-altitude charts

Aviation; Aircraft

Aeronautical charts for en route IFR navigation below 18,000 feet MSL.

rabbit

Aviation; Aircraft

High-intensity flasher system installed at many large airports. The flashers consist of a series of brilliant blue-white bursts of light flashing in sequence along the approach lights, giving the ...

clearance

Aviation; Aircraft

ATC permission for an aircraft to proceed under specified traffic conditions within controlled airspace, for the purpose of providing separation between known aircraft.

military training route (MTR)

Aviation; Aircraft

Airspace of defined vertical and lateral dimensions established for the conduct of military training at airspeeds in excess of 250 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS).

ulitimate load factor

Aviation; Aircraft

In stress analysis, the load that causes physical breakdown in an aircraft or aircraft component during a strength test, or the load that according to computations, should cause such a breakdown.