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A condition in the operation of a gas turbine engine in which the fire in the engine goes out due to either too much or too little fuel sprayed into the combustors.
Industry:Aviation
Reduces the vertical separation between flight levels (FL) 290 and 410 from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet, and makes six additional FLs available for operation. Also see DRVSM.
Industry:Aviation
A cone-shaped volume of airspace directly above a VOR station where no signal is received, causing the CDI to fluctuate.
Industry:Aviation
A rate-of-pressure change instrument that gives an indication of any deviation from a constant pressure level.
Industry:Aviation
Hinged portion of the trailing edge between the ailerons and fuselage. In some aircraft ailerons and flaps are interconnected to produce full-span “flaperons.” In either case, flaps change the lift and drag on the wing.
Industry:Aviation
The circle depicted in the plan view of an IAP chart that typically has a 10 NM radius, within which chart the elements are drawn to scale.
Industry:Aviation
This is a general term, which normally refers to the position of the landing gear and flaps.
Industry:Aviation
A moment divided by a constant such as 100, 1,000, or 10,000. The purpose of using a moment index is to simplify weight and balance computations of airplanes where heavy items and long arms result in large, unmanageable numbers.
Industry:Aviation
Stability about an aircraft’s vertical axis. Also called yawing or directional stability.
Industry:Aviation
