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A marker beacon at or near the glideslope intercept altitude of an ILS approach. It is normally located four to seven miles from the runway threshold on the extended centerline of the runway.
Industry:Aviation
Airfoils attached to each side of the fuselage and are the main lifting surfaces that support the airplane in flight.
Industry:Aviation
The ability to recognize hazardous attitudes in oneself and the willingness to modify them as necessary through the application of an appropriate antidote thought.
Industry:Aviation
Amount of stress, or load factor, that an aircraft can withstand before structural damage or failure occurs.
Industry:Aviation
Maintaining an excessively strong grip on the control column, usually resulting in an overcontrolled situation.
Industry:Aviation
A magnetic compass error that occurs when the aircraft decelerates while flying on an easterly or westerly heading, causing the compass card to rotate toward South.
Industry:Aviation
The measured or indicated air temperature (IAT) corrected for compression and friction heating. Also referred to as true air temperature.
Industry:Aviation
The rapidly rotating air that spills over an airplane’s wings during flight. The intensity of the turbulence depends on the airplane’s weight, speed, and configuration. Also referred to as wake turbulence. Vortices from heavy aircraft may be extremely hazardous to small aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
Nighttime visual illusion that a stationary light is moving, which becomes apparent after several seconds of staring at the light.
Industry:Aviation
Invisible lines of magnetic force passing between the poles of a magnet.
Industry:Aviation
