- Industry: 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 lever in which the fulcrum is at one end, and the lifting force is at the other. The weight force is between the lifting force and the fulcrum. A wheelbarrow is an example of a second-class lever.
Industry:Aviation
A lever in which the fulcrum is located between the force and the weight. The force and the weight try to rotate the lever in opposite directions.
Industry:Aviation
A license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration that allows an aircraft to be flown for the purpose of proving its design and construction in order to qualify for a regular license. The FAA puts certain restrictions on experimental aircraft. These restrictions apply to the crew allowed to fly in the aircraft and where it can be flown.
Industry:Aviation
A license issued by the Federal Aviation Administration under 14 CFR Part 65 to a specialist in some form of aircraft maintenance who is employed by a certificated repair station or airline. The repairman certificate (license) is valid only as long as the repairman is employed by the company for which the certificate was issued.
Repair Station. A certificated maintenance facility approved by the FAA to perform certain specific maintenance functions. These facilities are certificated under 14 CFR Part 145.
Industry:Aviation
A light (specific gravity of about 0.8), almost colorless hydrocarbon liquid obtained from crude oil by the process of fractional distillation. Kerosine is used as a fuel for lamps and stoves and as a base for turbine engine fuel, and is commonly called coal oil.
The name kerosine was originally spelled kerosene, but the “ene” ending wrongly implied that kerosine is made of unsaturated compounds (compounds having atoms bound together with more than one bond). To keep the spelling of the name from giving the wrong idea of the chemical composition of the material, the spelling was changed in 1957 by petroleum chemists to kerosine.
Industry:Aviation
A light beacon used to mark certain segments of airways in remote mountainous areas. These beacons flash Morse code to identify their location.
Industry:Aviation
A light mounted on the fuselage of an airplane in such a way that it shines on the leading edge of the wing. This light allows the pilot to check for the buildup of ice on the wing while flying through icing conditions at night.
Industry:Aviation
A light or one of a group of lights, usually red or white, frequently mounted on a surface structure or natural terrain to warn pilots of the presence of an obstruction.
Industry:Aviation
A light reflector whose surface is made in the form of a parabola. The filament producing the light is located at the focus of the parabola, and the light is reflected from the parabolic surface as a beam of parallel rays.
Industry:Aviation
A light solid line on a machine drawing. A dimension line is drawn between extension lines that indicate the beginning and the end of a dimension.
A dimension line has an arrowhead at each end and a break in its middle where the dimension and the tolerance are written.
Industry:Aviation
