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Aircraft maintenance
Principles, fundamentals, and technical procedures for aircraft maintenance, including terms on airframe, powerplant ratings, mathematics, aircraft drawings, weight and balance, aircraft materials, processes and tools, physics, electricity, inspection, ground operations, and FAA regulations governing the certification and work of maintenance technicians.
Industry: Aviation
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Aircraft maintenance
waterline (WL)
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A horizontal reference plane used to locate vertical positions on an aircraft. Positions are usually given in inches above or below the waterline.
weighing points
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
Locations on an aircraft that the manufacturer designates for the placement of scales when weighing aircraft.
weight
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A measure of the pull of gravity acting on the mass of an object.
wiring diagrams
Aviation; Aircraft maintenance
A diagram that shows the electrical wiring and circuitry, coded for identification, of all the electrical appliances and devices used on aircraft.
