- 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 ...
Air in motion relative to the surface of the earth. The term wind generally denotes horizontal movement of the air.
Industry:Aviation
Air route traffic control center radar used primarily to detect and display an aircraft’s position while en route between terminal areas. The ARSR enables controllers to provide radar air traffic control service when aircraft are within the ARSR coverage.
Industry:Aviation
Air that contains no water vapor. Dry air is used as an atmospheric standard. Dry air weighs 0.07651 pound per cubic foot under standard sealevel conditions of 59°F (15°C) and a barometric pressure of 14.69 pounds per square inch or 29.92 inches of mercury.
Industry:Aviation
Air that has been changed into its liquid state by lowering its temperature below the boiling points of oxygen and nitrogen (the main constituents of air). Liquid air is an extremely cold, faintly bluish, transparent liquid. For air to remain in its liquid state, it must be stored in a special insulated container.
If liquified air is allowed to boil, the first gas released is nitrogen, and then, when the nitrogen has all boiled away, the oxygen turns into a gas. Both nitrogen and oxygen are produced commercially by boiling liquid air.
Industry:Aviation
Air that is tapped off from a turbine engine compressor and used for anti-icing the inlet ducts and cooling the turbine inlet guide vanes and first stage turbine blades. Bleed air may also be dumped to relieve internal pressure and prevent a compressor stall.
Compressor bleed air may also be used for such airframe functions as pressurization and the operation of some of the components in the pneumatic system.
Industry:Aviation
Air traffic control facilities which provide these services:
* Pilot briefing
* Enroute communications
* VFR search and rescue services
* Assistance to lost aircraft and aircraft in emergency situations
* Relay ATC clearances
* Originate Notices to Airmen
* Broadcast aviation weather and NAS information
* Receive and process IFR flight plans
* Monitor navaids
* Some flight service stations perform these services in addition:
* Provide Enroute Flight Advisory Service (Flight Watch)
* Take weather observations
* Issue airport advisories
* Advise Customs and Immigration of transborder flights
Industry:Aviation
Air traffic control provided by an approach control facility for arriving and departing VFR/IFR aircraft and, on occasion, en route aircraft. At some airports not served by an approach control facility, the ARTCC provides limited approach control service.
Industry:Aviation
Air traffic control service for aerodrome traffic.
Industry:Aviation
Air traffic control service provided for aircraft operating on IFR flight plans between departure and terminal areas. This service is normally provided by the air route traffic control centers (ARTCC).
Industry:Aviation
Air traffic control spacing of aircraft in terms of nautical miles as determined by reference to distance measuring equipment.
Industry:Aviation
