from the reference of zero pressure, or a vacuum
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Posted in Avionics Terms | Tagged Flight
The actual distance between an aircraft and the terrain over which it is flying
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Posted in Aircraft | Tagged Flight
A grouping of aircraft based on a speed of 1.3 times the stall speed in the landing configuration at maximum gross landing weight. An aircraft must fit in only one category. If it is necessary to maneuver at speeds in excess of the upper limit of a speed range for a category, the minimums for [...]
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The area of airspace over land or water, extending upward from the surface, within which the ready identification, the location, and the control of aircraft are required in the interest of national security.
a. Domestic Air Defense Identification Zone. An ADIZ within the United States along an international boundary of the United States.
b. Coastal Air Defense [...]
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A flight’s frozen calculated landing time. An actual time determined at freeze calculated landing time (FCLT) or meter list display interval (MLDI) for the adapted vertex for each arrival aircraft based upon runway configuration, airport acceptance rate, airport arrival delay period, and other metered arrival aircraft. This time is either the vertex time of arrival [...]
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An event during landing where the pilot fails to align the aircraft with the runway at touchdown as demonstrated in several of the aircraft landing videos below.
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An event where a landing is made in excess of the aircraft’s maximum gross landing weight.
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Posted in Aircraft | Tagged Flight
An event during landing that results in excessive G-forces being transmitted into the structure of the aircraft and may result in an inspection for damage to the aircraft.
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An event where an aircraft has begun its decent for landing, discontinues that decent, and does not land from that approach.
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Posted in Aircraft | Tagged Flight
The standard high-level set of activities performed by pilots on all operational flights (i.e., preflight, engine start, pushback, taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, descent, holding, approach, landing, taxi, and postflight operations).
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