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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 ...
Bronze or cast-iron sleeves installed in the cylinder head of an aircraft reciprocating engine. The stems of the intake and the exhaust valves ride up and down in the valve guides which hold them in the exact center of the valve seats.
Industry:Aviation
Bundles of high-strength steel wire used as a foundation for an aircraft tire. The cords of the tire wrap around the bead wires to tie the body of the tire to the bead. Rubber is molded around the bead wires to form an air-tight seal with the bead seat area of the wheel.
Industry:Aviation
Calibrated airspeed corrected for errors caused by the compressibility of the air inside the pitot tube. Calibrated airspeed is the airspeed shown on the airspeed indicator, corrected for errors caused by the instrument installation.
Industry:Aviation
Calipers having one sharp-pointed leg, similar to that used on dividers, and one leg of an outside caliper. Hermaphrodite calipers are used to scribe a mark along a piece of material a specific distance from the edge.
Industry:Aviation
Capable of being dissolved into, or blended with, another material. Oil is highly miscible in gasoline, but only slightly miscible or not miscible at all in water.
Industry:Aviation
Cargo capable of being stacked on the floor of the aircraft carrying it.
Industry:Aviation
Categories of instrument flight allowed at airports equipped with the following types of instrument landing systems:
ILS Category I An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 200 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,800 feet.
ILS Category II An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach to a height above touchdown of not less than 100 feet and with runway visual range of not less than 1,200 feet.
ILS Category IIIA An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and with runway visual range of not less than 700 feet.
ILS Category IIIB An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and with runway visual range of not less than 150 feet.
ILS Category IIIC An ILS approach procedure which provides for approach without a decision height minimum and without runway visual range minimum.
Industry:Aviation
Cavities filled with pitch that appear in the growth rings of a piece of wood.
Industry:Aviation
Certain inorganic fabrics used to cover aircraft structure. The fabric used for this purpose is sold in its unshrunk state and is put on the structure so that it is taut, but not tight. After it is secured to the structure with a special adhesive, it is shrunk to the correct tautness by ironing it with an electric iron or blowing it with a special heater/blower.
After the fabric has the correct tautness, it is coated with a non-tautening dope. Organic fabrics, such as cotton and linen, are not heat-shrinkable and are shrunk on the structure with a shrinking-type dope.
Industry:Aviation
