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General aviation
The science and practice of artificial flight which involves the design, development, production, operation of aircraft or heavier-than-air machines.
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Automatic Terminal Information Service
Aviation; General aviation
Automatic Terminal Information Service, or ATIS, is a continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in busier terminal (i.e. airport) areas. ATIS broadcasts contain essential information, ...
landing
Aviation; General aviation
With respect to an aircraft, the act of coming into contact with a supporting surface.
parallax
Aviation; General aviation
Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two ...
airborne time
Aviation; General aviation
- real time spent by the vehicle in the air, beginning from it's take-off and ending after it's landing.
Malaysia Flight 370 Mystery
Aviation; General aviation
The wild speculations and conspiracy theories that surrounded the sudden disappearance of the Malaysia Flight MH370 in the early morning hours on March 8, 2014 over the South China Sea. Despite an ...
forestall
Aviation; General aviation
To prevent something from happening by saying or doing something before it can happen; to act before (someone else) in order to prevent something.
resilience
Aviation; General aviation
Resilience is the ability to face contradictory tensions and dynamic system changes in order to avoid accidents during the flight.