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Lines drawn across aeronautical charts to connect points having the same magnetic variation.
Industry:Aviation
The point after which additional descent is permitted within a segment of an IAP.
Industry:Aviation
An instrument installed in series with an electrical load used to measure the amount of current flowing through the load.
Industry:Aviation
A route designated to serve flight operations from 18,000 feet MSL up to and including FL 450.
Industry:Aviation
An INS in which the accelerometers and gyros are permanently “strapped down” or aligned with the three axes of the aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
The sensitive component in an altimeter or barometer that measures the absolute pressure of the air. It is a sealed, flat capsule made of thin disks of corrugated metal soldered together and evacuated by pumping all of the air out of it.
Industry:Aviation
A high-velocity narrow stream of winds, usually found near the upper limit of the troposphere, which flows generally from west to east.
Industry:Aviation
A layer of the atmosphere above the tropopause extending to a height of approximately 160,000 feet.
Industry:Aviation
An instrument that measures the absolute pressure of the atmosphere by balancing the weight of the air above it against the spring action of the aneroid.
Industry:Aviation
The mental process of recognizing and analyzing all pertinent information in a particular situation, a rational evaluation of alternative actions in response to it, and a timely decision on which action to take.
Industry:Aviation
