The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Episode 3 doc

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 10:15

... v Gathering terms for an aerospace dictionary is harder than it looks. I recently studied a list of terms used by the US Air Force to describe the status of each of its component organizations. They ... Plaps, but was defeated by The F100 needs a lot more TLC than the J79 . . .’ I asked several certified F-15 drivers, and they were all mysti- fied. I called the 527th TFTS, then...

Ngày tải lên: 27/06/2014, 05:20

... UK First published in print format ISBN -13 978-0-5 21- 8 414 0-5 ISBN -13 978-0- 511 -33833-5 â Bill Gunston 2004 2004 Information on this title: www .cambridge. org/97805 218 414 05 This publication is in copyright. ... circumferential (riveting). 10 Airworthiness circular. 11 Air carrier. 12 Air conditioner. 13 Airman certification (US). 14 Active component. 15 Area coverage (Satcoms...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... or another for departures. Apron-drive bridges are controlled by steerable powered wheels at the free end, running over the apron surface. A variant is the over -the- wing bridge, which with the ... release or launch. binary notation System of counting to base of 2, instead of common base of 10. Thus 43 (sum of 2 5 , 2 3 , 2 1 and 2 0 ) is written 101011. All binary numbers a...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... Mass per unit volume; SI unit kg/m 3 = 0.062428 lb/ft 3 = 0.01002 lb/Imp gal; 1g/cm 3 = 0. 036 127 lb/in 3 ; 1lb/in 3 = 27.6799 g/cm 3 ; 1 lb/ft 3 = 16.0185 kg/m 3 . Often needs qualifying for temperature ... payload volume (either pax, cargo or both) at less than MSP (5). cubic foot Non-SI measure of volume, 1* = 28 ,31 6.7 cm 3 . cubic inch Non SI measure of volume, 1 cu i...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... 1 948 ), UK prefix since 1 942 . 3 Flap angle. 4 Force, especially net propulsive force, thrust. 5 Farad. 6 Sonobuoy size, 0.3 m (1 ft) long. 7 Photographic category (USAS, USAAC, USAAF, 19 24 47 ). 8 ... turbine disk. 2 Any surface for mating with another. 3 Open end of duct to be joined to another, including front of gas-turbine-engine inlet. 4 Either surface of propeller or helicopter-...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... Triggering the NW emits neutrons which instantly convert the Li-6 into H+He-3+T. The He- 3 and T then combine with remaining D to form more He and more neutrons, which also convert the U-238 bomb case ... Helicopter, cargo (UK) and USA (1 959 –62, became CH). 4 Critical height [ch preferred]. 5 High-capacity [bombs, WW2]. 6 Hydrocarbon[s]. 7 Crane helicopter (USN 1 952 55 ). Hc Heig...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... factor. From the origin the positive stall line extends to design limit load factor, thence to V D , back to limit negative load factor at V c and thence horizontally to intersect the nega- tive ... truly radial; the lean is sometimes along the tip-path plane and sometimes along chord line at tip. Lean Aerospace Initiative Programme by the SBAC and six UK universities to adapt...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... target ahead. over the fence Immediately before touchdown (colloq., normally GA). over the horizon Beyond the visible or LOS horizon; region accessible only to particular species of radar. over -the- shoulder ... bombing. over the top On top (1). over the weather At pressurized cruising levels; basic meaning is free from turbulence except CAT, but cloud may still be present and cu-n...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... terminating at the start of the next cycle. The sum of positive and negative displacements [peaks plus troughs] is called the amplitude, the time between successive passes through the same point in the cycle ... not used for other rate-type quantities such as frequency (Appendix 2). SI unit is ms -1 = 2.23 694 mph = 1 .94 386 kt = 3.6 [exact] km/h; km/h = 0.621373 mph = 0.5 396...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... target co-ordinates to the attack system if any of these boxes is touched by the pilot on the HDD touch display. thermal cycling Oscillating between low and high temperatures. thermal de-icing De-icing ... by stresses repeatedly imposed by thermal cycling. thermal gradient See temperature gradient. thermal gradiometer Airborne instrument for detecting thermals by thermocouples on wing-t...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... (US). WWW 1 World Weather Watch (WMO). 2 World Wide Web. W(WW) Past weather (ICAO). WX 1 Weather. 2 Airborne weather radar. 3 Indefinite obscuration. WX/C Weather-radar controller. WXI Weather-radar indicator. WXNIL ... controls. weather forecast Prediction of weather within area, at point or along route for specified period. weather map Shows weather prevailing, or predicted to prevail. weat...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... reactions of the audience. The lack of eye contact also prevents the audi- ence from assessing the intentions of the speaker. The audience gathers much from the eyes of the speaker in terms of emphasis. ... you often want the students to discover the in- formation on their own, because by discovering the ma- terial the students are much more likely to retain...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 08:21

... 16. 835 :1; input power 2 x 3, 950 kW. Bearing selection Input shafts (1) One cylindrical roller bearing FAG NU 233 6M.C3 and one four-point bearing FAG QJ 336 N2MPA.C3 form the locating bearing. The ... new 239 68MB 2 93 2.70 13, 600 2 .3 39 »200,000 Thrust bearings 8 2 936 4E only briefly loaded during sternway operation 9 29464E 650 3. 81 43, 300 2.5 > 87 »200,000 9 new...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 05:21

... } 35 . 239 liters. 2. A unit of volume (liquid and buttock lines [ ENG ] The lines of intersection of dry measure) used in Britain, equal to 2219 .36 the surface of an aircraft or its float, or of ... of two dis- bioengineering [ ENG ] The application of engi- similar metals welded together; different tem- neering knowledge to the fields of medicine and perature coefficients...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 09:21