- 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 common name for sodium hydroxide, NaOH. Caustic soda is often called lye.
Industry:Aviation
A common term used for a single cell of a carbon-zinc battery. A dry cell is not totally dry. Its electrolyte is a moist paste, and it is sealed to retain its moisture.
Industry:Aviation
A common type of file used to smooth the edges or surface of a piece of metal or hard plastic. A flat file is tapered toward the tip in width and slightly tapered in thickness. It has two sets of teeth arranged diagonally across the surface in opposite directions (double cut), on both sides and a single row of teeth along both edges.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used high-level language for digital computers. The commands used in BASIC are similar to commands used in the English language.
The acronym BASIC comes from Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used measure of weight or mass in the English system. One pound is equal to approximately 0.454 kilogram.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used name for hand-held metal-cutting shears. Most tin snips have short blades and relatively long handles to give enough leverage for a person to cut fairly heavy sheet metal.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used name for the streamlined wheel covers installed on some fixed landing gear airplanes.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used term for a slide rule. This name comes from the fact that most slide rules have a slide that slips in and out of grooves in the body of the rule.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used term for small patches of low clouds that often form below a heavy overcast.
Industry:Aviation
A commonly used term for the air blown back from an airplane by the propeller.
In the early days of aviation, one of the ways of hazing a fledgling mechanic was to send him across the airport “to get a bucket of propwash.”
Industry:Aviation
