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The section of the airplane that consists of the cabin and/or cockpit, containing seats for the occupants and the controls for the airplane.
Industry:Aviation
The part of the decision-making process which relies on situational awareness, problem recognition, and good judgment to reduce risks associated with each flight.
Industry:Aviation
A type of support that allows an object, such as a gyroscope, to remain in an upright condition when its base is tilted.
Industry:Aviation
The movable primary control surface mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical fin of an airplane. Movement of the rudder rotates the airplane about its vertical axis.
Industry:Aviation
Part of the ILS that projects a radio beam upward at an angle of approximately 3° from the approach end of an instrument runway. The glideslope provides vertical guidance to aircraft on the final approach course for the aircraft to follow when making an ILS approach along the localizer path.
Industry:Aviation
A pair of control surfaces on the tail of an aircraft arranged in the form of a V. These surfaces, when moved together by the control wheel, serve as elevators, and when moved differentially by the rudder pedals, serve as a rudder.
Industry:Aviation
The minimum altitude of an intermediate approach segment prescribed for a precision approach that ensures obstacle clearance.
Industry:Aviation
Runway lighting which consists of flush centerline lights spaced at 50-foot intervals beginning 75 feet from the landing threshold.
Industry:Aviation
An instrument approach with lateral and vertical guidance with integrity limits (similar to barometric vertical navigation (BARO VNAV).
Industry:Aviation
A component of the runway lighting system that is used to outline the edges of runways at night or during low visibility conditions. These lights are classified according to the intensity they are capable of producing.
Industry:Aviation
