General aviation

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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lunkenheimer valve

Aviation; General aviation

A manual fuel drain placed handily along a fuel line for checking avgas, such as for water or sediment contaminations.

gyroplane

Aviation; General aviation

A rotorcraft whose rotors are not engine-driven, except for initial starting, but are made to rotate by action of the air when the rotorcraft is moving and whose means of propulsion, usually a ...

high blower

Aviation; General aviation

A blower-type supercharger set at high rpm.

high-speed stall

Aviation; General aviation

Any stall made to occur at more than 1g, such as pulling out of a dive or while turning.

horsepower

Aviation; General aviation

The motive energy required to raise 550# one foot in one second, friction disregarded.

indicated airspeed (IAS)

Aviation; General aviation

A direct instrument reading obtained from an air speed indicator uncorrected for altitude, temperature, atmospheric density, or instrument error.

instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)

Aviation; General aviation

Meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance from clouds, and ceiling less than minima specified for visual meteorological conditions (VMC).