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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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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-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).
