- 업종: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
A general term for a knife-edge seal inside a gas turbine engine that wears away (abrades) slightly to produce an extremely close fit between a rotating and a stationary part of the engine.
Industry:Aviation
A general term for all of the small components, such as nuts, bolts, screws, and washers used to assemble an aircraft or aircraft engine.
Industry:Aviation
A general term for particles of liquid water or ice, such as rain, fog, frost, etc., formed by modification of water vapor in the atmosphere. The term hydrometeor also applies to sea spray or blowing snow, which are water or ice particles lifted from the earth by the wind.
Industry:Aviation
A general term used to indicate various states of the atmosphere in which spontaneous convection will occur when prescribed criteria are met. Instability of the air indicates turbulence.
Industry:Aviation
A general term used within ATC to describe fixes in the terminal area, other than the final approach fix. Aircraft are normally cleared to these fixes by ARTCC or an approach control facility, and aircraft are normally cleared from these fixes to the final approach fix or final approach course.
Industry:Aviation
A generally well-defined mass of cloud observed at a distance. It covers an appreciable portion of the sky on the horizon, but does not extend overhead.
Industry:Aviation
A generator circuit in which the voltage regulator is installed between the shunt field and ground.
Industry:Aviation
A generator circuit in which the voltage regulator is installed between the shunt field and the armature.
Industry:Aviation
A generic term meaning flight information service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service, and air traffic control service, including area control service, approach control service, and airport control service.
Industry:Aviation
