Aeronautics

Aeronautics

The branch of science that deals with flight aerodynamics and with the operation of all types of aircraft.

Industry: Aviation

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Mackerel sky

Aviation; Aeronautics

A condition of cloud coverage of the sky consisting of rows of altocumulus or cirrocumulus clouds. These clouds look like the pattern of scales on a mackerel fish.

Balance

Aviation; Aeronautics

A condition of equilibrium, or rest. A lever is in balance when all the forces acting on one side of the fulcrum, or pivot point, are exactly equal to all the forces acting on the opposite side.

Turbulence

Aviation; Aeronautics

A condition of fluid flow in which the flow is not smooth. The velocity of the flow changes rapidly, and the flow direction often reverses itself.

Screeching

Aviation; Aeronautics

A condition of combustion instability in a gas turbine engine or afterburner. The combustion produces a shrill, high-pitched noise.

Out-of-phase

Aviation; Aeronautics

A condition of cyclic values in which two waves do not pass through zero at the same time.

A copper gasket used to form a leakproof seal between components that operate at a high temperature. The gasket is made of a hollow copper ring formed around a ring of asbestos. When the component to ...

Aeronautical Radio Incorporated (ARINC)

Aviation; Aeronautics

A corporation whose principal stockholders are the airlines. Its function is to operate certain communication links between airliners in flight and the airline ground facilities. ARINC also sets ...