| iron compass | Railroad tracks, favored by pilots of yore as a dependable aid to surface navigation before radio. |
| joystick | A single floor- or roof-mounted control stick—sideways movement produces roll, and forward/backward movement produces pitch (rudder pedals produce yaw). |
| knot | One nautical mile, about 1.15 statute miles (6,080'); eg: 125kts 143.9 mph; |
| laminar-flow airfoil | A low-drag airfoil designed to maintain laminar (smooth, continuous) flow over a high percentage of the chord about itself. often relatively thin, especially along the leading edge, with most of i... |
| landing wires | Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is on the ground. direction of travel is downward and outward from the fuselage. opposite of flying wires. |
| lift | The force exerted on the top of a moving airfoil as a low-pressure area [vacuum] that causes a wingform to rise. airfoils do not "float" on air, as is often assumed—like a boat hull floats on wate... |
| lift-drag ratio | The lift coefficient of a wing divided by the drag coefficient, as the primary measure of the efficiency of an aircraft; aka l/d ratio. |
| lift wires | Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is in flight. direction of travel is upward from the bottom of the fuselage to the top of the interplane struts. also known as f... |
| light sport aircraft | Special faa certification class (lsa) for an aircraft other than a helicopter or powered-lift—single-engine aircraft, airship, balloon, glider, gyrocopter, rotorcraft, weight-shift-control aircraf... sport pilot; lsa feature.; |
| liquid compass | A non-electronic, calibratable compass floating in a liquid as a panel instrument; aka wet compass. |
| load factor (g) | The proportion between lift and weight commonly seen as g (sometimes capitalized)—a unit of force equal to the force of gravity times one. |
| lofting | - Design or fabrication of a complex aircraft component, as with sheet metal, using actual-size patterns or plans, generally laid out on a floor. the term was borrowed from boat builders.
плазовая разбивка;
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| longeron | - A principal longitudinal member of a fuselage's framing, usually continuous across a number of supporting points.
- Лонжерон
- A primary longitudinal member of a vehicle body...
long; longn; |
| loop antenna | A circular radio antenna, either in the open or in a streamlined, teardrop housing, remotely turned 360° to fine-tune a station in league with other radio-directive devices. also radio compass, radio direction finder.; антенна,рамочная; |
| loran | - Long range navigation system, which utilizes timing differences between multiple low-frequency transmissions to provide accurate latitude/longitude position information to within 50'.
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long range aid to navigation; long-range area homing; long-range aid to navigation (system); long range navigation (system); |
| lta | - Lighter-than-air craft, generally referring to powered blimps and dirigibles, but often also includes free balloons.
- Lost time accident
- Lighter than air
- Lunar ...
простой при аварии; lost time accident; lighter than air; lunar test article; lighter than air system (airships); |
| lunkenheimer valve | A manual fuel drain placed handily along a fuel line for checking avgas, such as for water or sediment contaminations. |
| mach. | A number representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding air or medium in which it is moving. |
| magnetic course | - Compass course ± deviation.
- Магнитный курс
- Магнитный курс - угол между направлением на магнитный полюс и диаметральной плоскостью судна, измеренный по часовой стрелке
...
магнитный курс; |
| magnetic north | - The magnetic north pole, located near 71° north latitude and 96° west longitude, that attracts a magnetic compass which is not influenced by local magnetic attraction, as opposed to geographic...
mn; nm; |
| magneto | - An accessory that produces and distributes a high-voltage electric current for ignition of a fuel charge in an internal combustion engine.
- Магнето
mag; |
| magnus effect | - The effect on a spinning cylinder or sphere moving through a fluid, in which force acts perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the direction of spin. this is used to advantage in base...
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| marker beacon | - Маркерный радиомаяк, радиомаркер
- Маркерный маяк: сигнальная лампа маркерного приемника (на борту самолета)
RADIO NAVIGATION; marker; mb; mkrbcn; |
| mean sea level | - Средний уровень моря
- Refers to [1] the level of the ocean’s surface—especially the halfway level between mean high and mean low tide—used as a standard datum for reckoning land elev...
MSL; msl; средний уровень моря; |
| MSL | Mean sea level. the average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of tide; used as a reference for elevations, and differentiated from agl. mean sea level; |
| metar | - Acronym in faa pilot briefings and weather reports simply means an "aviation routine weather report," but nobody seems certain about the original source. the format was introduced by the frenc...
meteorological airborne report; meteorological actual report; |
| moa | - Special use airspace
- Minute оf angle - угловая минута - угловая величина (1 градус=60 угловых минут), соответствует примерно 2,7 см на дистанции 100 метров.
- Mall of asia<...
military operations area; memorandum of agreement; mall of asia; medium observation aircraft; minute of angle; меморандум о соглашении; modulation analyzer; |
| monocoque | - Type of fuselage design with little or no internal bracing other than bulkheads, where the outer skin bears the main stresses; usually round or oval in cross-section. additional classification...
монокок; |
| national airspace system | - The common network of us airspace; air navigation facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas; aeronautical charts, information and services; rules, regulations and procedure...
nas; nas; |
| on the beam | - A leftover phrase from adcock radio range days still means the same thing today—"you are headed in the right direction," as when you you hear a steady broadcast tone beamed from your target ra...
riding the beam; на траверзе; |
| overshoot | - To land beyond a runwway or planned spot. opposite of undershoot.
- Перерегулирование
перерегулирование; выброс; перелетом; выход за установленные пределы; переход за заданную позицию;; перерегулирование;; выброс на фронте импульса;; перегрузка входным сигналом;; превышение возможностей системы; |
| pants | A popular word for streamlined, non-load bearing fairings to cover landing wheels. also sometimes called spats or, when fully enclosing the wheel struts, skirts. |
| par | - Precision approach radar, a ground-radar-based instrument approach providing both horizontal and vertical guidance
- Peak-to-average data rates
- Parallel
- Paramete...
precision approach radar; preferential arrival route; pari; пар; peak-to-average data rates; parallel; parameter; performance and reliability; perimeter acquisition radar; pitch augmented rate; precision aircraft reference; precision attitude reference; preventive aircraft repair; pulse acquisition radar; дополнительный популяционный риск; |
| pattern | The path of aircraft traffic around an airfield, at an established height and direction. at tower-controlled fields the pattern is supervised by radio (or, in non-radio or emergency conditions by ... |
| pca | - Principal components analysis
- See: principal components analysis.
- Physical configuration audit
controlled airspace; class a; positive control airspace; principal components analysis; printed circuit assemblies; |
| phonetics | N фонетика acoustic ~ акустическая фонетика articulatory ~ артикуляторная фонетика experemental ~ экспериментальная фонетика general ~ общая фонетика historical ~ историческая фонетика physical ~ ... alphabet; |
| pilot in command | The pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time. |
| pitch | (1) of the three axes in flight, this specifies the vertical action, the up-and-down movement. compare roll and yaw. (2) the angle of a propeller or rotor blade in relation to its arc; also the di... pic; |
| pitot tube | - More accurately but less popularly used, pitot-static tube, a small tube most often mounted on the outward leading edge of an airplane wing (out of the propeller stream) that measures the impa...
трубка пито; |
| positive control | - The separation of all air traffic within designated airspace by air traffic control.
- Положительная контрольная проба. контрольная проба, кото-рая содержит аналит в концентрации, пре...
положительная контрольная проба; |
| power loading | The gross weight of an airplane divided by the rated horsepower, computed for standard air density. комбайновая выемка; |
| pusher | - A propeller mounted in back of its engine, pushing an aircraft through the air, as opposed to a tractor configuration.
- Толкатель
выталкиватель; толкатель; выбрасыватель; печь, толкательная; толкач; |
| quadraplane | An aircraft having four or more wingforms. quadruplane; |
| radar approach control facility | A terminal atc facility that uses radar and non-radar capabilities to provide approach control services to aircraft arriving, departing, or transiting airspace controlled by the facility. this fac... RAPCON; |
| army radar approach control |
ARAC; |
| ARAC | - Aerospace research applications center
- Allergic reaction assessment committee
- Aviation rulemaking advisory committee
army radar approach control; army radar approach control (aaf); aviation rulemaking advisory committee; aerospace research applications center; комитет по оценке аллергических реакций; allergic reaction assessment committee; |
| radar air traffic control facility |
RATCF; |
| RATCF |
radar air traffic control facility; radar air traffic control facility (usn); |
| radar approach control | Радиолокационное управление заходом на посадку RAPCON; |
| RAPCON | - Radar approach control
- Remote approach control
radar approach control; radar approach control facility; radar approach control (faa); remote approach control; |
| terminal radar approach control |
TRACON; |
| TRACON | Terminal radar control (facility) terminal radar approach control; terminal radar approach control facility; terminal radar control (facility); |
| tower/airport traffic control tower |
ATCT; |
| ATCT | Airport traffic control tower tower/airport traffic control tower; airport traffic control tower; |
| ramjet | - An aerodynamic duct in which fuel is burned to produce a high-velocity propulsive jet. it needs to be accelerated to high speed before it can become operative.
- Прямоточный воздушно-...
rj; rmj; |
| riding the beam |
on the beam; |
| ring cowling | A circular engine fairing. |
| rogallo wing | A flexible, delta-wing plan in which three rigid members are shaped in the form of an arrowhead and joined by a flexible fabric, which inflates upward under flight loads. originally specific to pa... |
| roll | - Of the three axes in flight, this specifies the action around a central point. compare pitch and yaw.
- Same as "normal roll"; see also: "rolls" and "bad roll"
- 1) волнообра...
рулет; сайка; валок; валок прокатный; ролик; накат; крен; катиться; вращаться; вертеться; св?ртывать,; bolillo, panecito; прикатывать почву; вал; валик; рулон; антиклиналь; |
| rotary engine | A powerplant that rotates on a stationary propeller shaft. an american invention by adams-farwell co (1896), it was first used for buses and trucks in the us (1903), then copied by french engineer... |
| rotorcraft | - A heavier-than-air aircraft that depends principally for its support in flight on the lift generated by one or more rotors. includes helicopters and gyroplanes.
- Винтокрылый ла; верт...
rc; |
| sailplane | - An unpowered, soaring aircraft capable of maintaining level flight for long periods of time after release from tow and of gaining altitude using wind currents, as opposed to a glider.
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| scramjet | Acronym for supersonic combustion ramjet, in which combustion occurs at supersonic air velocities through the engine. |
| scud | A low, foglike cloud layer. |
| seaplane | A water-based aircraft with a boat-hull fuselage, often amphibious.the term is also used generically to define a similar flying boat and a pontoon floatplane. |
| secondary stall | Any stall resulting from pulling back too soon and too hard while recovering from any other stall. usually a high-speed or accelerated stall. |
| service ceiling | - The height above sea level at which an aircraft with normal rated load is unable to climb faster than 100' per minute under standard air conditions.
- Практический потолок (самолета);...
ceiling; sc; servclg; практический потолок; эксплуатационная технологичность; |
| sesqui-wing | A lesser-span additional wingform, generally placed below the main planes of an aircraft, generally a biplane. |
| shoulder-wing | A mid-wing monoplane with its wing mounted directly to the top of the fuselage without use of cabane struts. |
| sink, sinking speed | The speed at which an aircraft loses altitude, especially in a glide in still air under given conditions of equilibrium. |
| skid | Too shallow a bank in a turn, causing an aircraft to slide outward from its ideal turning path. |
| slats | - Movable vanes or auxiliary airfoils, usually set along the leading edge of a wing but able to be lifted away at certain angles of attack.
- Statewide landcover and trees study (queens...
statewide landcover and trees study (queensland dnr); |
| slip | - Too steep a bank in a turn, causing an aircraft to slide inward from its ideal turning path.
- Relative movement in the direction of travel at the mutual contact surface of the tracti...
проскальзывание; serial line internet protocol; serial line internet protocol (obs.); скольжение; скользить; сдвиг; смещение; стеклопаста; шликер; ped stitch; sl; снять петлю непровязанной; снять петлю (снятая петля) - спицы; serial line interface protocol; опускание колоши; оползень; смещение по разлому; |
| slipstream | - The flow of air driven backward by a propeller or downward by a rotor. compare downwash.
- Поток за воздушным винтом, спутная струя винта
- The air driven backward by a rotat...
s; слипстрим; |
| slot | A long, narrow, spanwise gap in a wing, usually near the leading edge, to improve airflow at high angles of attack for slower landing speeds. |
| special use airspace | Airspace of defined dimensions identified by an area on the surface of the earth wherein activities must be confined because of their nature and/or wherein limitations may be imposed upon aircraft... sua; |
| alert area | Airspace which may contain a high volume of pilot training activities or an unusual type of aerial activity, neither of which is hazardous to aircraft. alert areas are depicted on aeronautical cha... |
