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Drag caused by the same factors that produce lift; its amount varies inversely with airspeed. As airspeed decreases, the angle of attack must increase, in turn increasing induced drag.
Industry:Aviation
A single-piece horizontal tail surface on an airplane that pivots around a central hinge point. A stabilator serves the purposes of both the horizontal stabilizer and the elevators.
Industry:Aviation
The section of an instrument approach procedure chart that shows a detailed diagram of the airport. This diagram includes surface features and airport configuration information.
Industry:Aviation
A type of ice in the induction system that reduces the amount of air available for combustion. The most commonly found induction icing is carburetor icing.
Industry:Aviation
The inherent quality of an airplane to correct for conditions that may disturb its equilibrium, and to return or to continue on the original flightpath. It is primarily an airplane design characteristic.
Industry:Aviation
Radar equipment specifically designed to detect all principal features and traffic on the surface of an airport, presenting the entire image on the control tower console; used to augment visual observation by tower personnel of aircraft and/or vehicular movements on runways and taxiways.
Industry:Aviation
A computer-based navigation system that tracks the movement of an aircraft via signals produced by onboard accelerometers. The location of the aircraft is entered into the computer, and all subsequent movement of the aircraft is sensed and used to keep the position updated. An INS does not require any inputs from outside signals.
Industry:Aviation
A type of hypoxia that results when the oxygen-rich blood in the lungs is not moving to the tissues that need it.
Industry:Aviation
Approach control radar used to detect and display an aircraft’s position in the terminal area.
Industry:Aviation
The fix depicted on IAP charts where the instrument approach procedure (IAP) begins unless otherwise authorized by ATC.
Industry:Aviation
