- 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 release, signed by an authorized inspector or AMT, signifying that an aircraft has been approved for return to service after certain maintenance functions have been completed. It is also a statement made by an Approved Repair Station in lieu of a Form 337 that approves a product for return to service after a major repair.
Industry:Aviation
A removable cap mounted on the tip of some helicopter rotor blades. These tip caps often hold the weights used for spanwise blade balance.
Industry:Aviation
A removable plug in the lowest point of a liquid container. The plug is removed to drain the liquid.
Industry:Aviation
A removable seat that can be set up between, and slightly behind, the pilot’s and copilot’s seats in an airplane. A flight mechanic (flight engineer) or observer riding in the jump seat can watch the instruments and can operate some of the auxiliary controls.
Industry:Aviation
A removable section of an airplane wing. Most airplane wings are made in panels, with a left and a right panel attached to a center section. The center section is often a part of the fuselage.
Industry:Aviation
A repair made to a fabric-covered aircraft wing in which an entire panel of fabric from the leading edge to the trailing edge, between one or more ribs, is replaced. The new fabric is attached to the old fabric by doping it in place, rather than sewing it in, but it is attached to the structure by rib stitching.
Industry:Aviation
A repair to a fabric-covered airplane wing in which a section of fabric extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge between two or more ribs is replaced by sewing the new fabric to the old. All the seams are reinforced with surface tape.
Industry:Aviation
A repair to a small damaged area in an aircraft fabric covering in which the patch is doped to the old fabric, rather than sewed in place.
Industry:Aviation
A repair to the fabric used to cover an aircraft.
A repair, when properly done, must restore the strength and tautness the fabric had before it was damaged.
Industry:Aviation
A report of conditions on the airport movement area providing a pilot with a degree/quality of braking that he might expect. Braking action is reported in terms of good, fair, poor, or nil.
Industry:Aviation
