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Hangar

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

An enclosed structure for housing aircraft. Originated with lake-based floating homes of the original German Zeppelins in which they were "hung" from cables, which explains the erroneous, oft-seen ...

Horsepower

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

The motive energy required to raise 550# one foot in one second, friction disregarded.

Instrument landing system (ILS)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A radar-based system allowing ILS-equipped aircraft to find a runway and land when clouds may be as low as 200' (or lower for special circumstances).

Hypersonic

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Speed of flight at or greater than Mach 5.0, exceeding SUPERSONIC.

Indicated airspeed (IAS)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

A direct instrument reading obtained from an air speed indicator uncorrected for altitude, temperature, atmospheric density, or instrument error. Compare CALIBRATED AIRSPEED and TRUE AIRSPEED.

Hypoxia

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Deprivation of oxygen, aka "altitude sickness," which can adversely affect human judgement and movement at altitudes above 12,000' with symptoms ranging from light dizziness to unconsciousness, even ...

Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC)

Aviation; Airplanes & equipment

Meteorological conditions expressed in terms of visibility, distance from clouds, and ceiling less than minima specified for visual meteorological conditions (VMC).