Aeronautics

Aeronautics

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

Contributors in Aeronautics

Aeronautics

A functional test of a piece of equipment in which the equipment is set up on a test bench and operated to find out whether or not it functions as it should. A bench cheque can tell whether or not a ...

Enroute minimum safe altitude warning (EMSAW)

Aviation; Aeronautics

A function of the NAS Stage A enroute computer. This function aids the controller by alerting him when a tracked aircraft is below, or is predicted to go below, a predetermined minimum IFR altitude.

Minimum safe altitude warning (MSAW)

Aviation; Aeronautics

A function of the ARTS III computer that aids the controller by alerting him when a tracked Mode C-equipped aircraft is below, or is predicted by the computer to go below, a predetermined minimum ...

Open-hearth furnace

Aviation; Aeronautics

A furnace used for melting metals. Pig iron and scrap metal are placed in a shallow hearth within the furnace and are melted by heat supplied by a direct flame and from radiation from the walls and ...

Hopper

Aviation; Aeronautics

A funnel-shaped container with an opening in the top for loading and a smaller opening in the bottom for dumping. Hoppers are used to store the abrasive in an abrasive blaster. The abrasive is loaded ...

Automatic altitude reporting

Aviation; Aeronautics

A function of a radar beacon transponder that responds to Mode C interrogations by transmitting the aircraft's altitude in 100-foot increments.

Interrogator

Aviation; Aeronautics

A ground-based surveillance radar beacon transmitter-receiver which normally scans in synchronisation with a primary radar. The interrogator transmits discrete radio signals which continuously ...