The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Episode 9 pot

... 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...

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... Martlesham Heath 192 4– 39, then at Boscombe Down to the present but from 195 9 under different titles). AAEEA Association des Anciens Elèves de l’Ecole de l’Air (F). AAES 1 Association of Aerospace Engineering Societies ... agile manufacturing 24 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinbu...

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... 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 ... control area near large airport (ICAO 199 0, and US 199 3). B-code In flight plan, have DME and transponder with 64-code without encoding altitude. B-display CRT or other display in which...

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... complex. 3 Civilian pilot training program (US, 193 9–46). 4 Clearance, pre-taxi. CPTA Civilian Pilot Training Act ( 193 9). CPTP CPT Program (US 193 9–42), became WTS. CPTR Command-post terminal replacement. CPU ... [mode]. 5 Critical-item test. 6 The Chartered Institute of Transport (UK, 191 9, received Charter 192 6). 7 Near or over a city. 8 Combined interrogater and transponder. 9 Co...

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... to convert to °C subtract 32 and multiply by 5 / 9 ; to convert to °K add 4 59. 67 and multiply by 5 / 9 . FAI 1 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the supreme body ratifying aeronautical records, ... Fighter Escort Wing. 2 Few clouds, usual = 2 oktas. The Few Collectively, the figher pilots defending the UK between 10 July and 31 October 194 0. few Up to 7 hostile aircraft...

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... 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 ... basis ‘If you’ve had this right in the past, you’ll probably succeed in a fresh application’. Grand Slam RAF 22,000 lb [9, 9 79 kg] deep penetration bomb of 194 4. grand slam Verb...

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... 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...

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... USAAC, USAAF, 192 5–47, USN 192 3), and patrol (USN from 192 3, USAF from 196 2). 4 Prohibited area. 5 Poise. 6 Period, eg orbital. 7 Aircraft designation suffix, photographic (USN, to 196 2). 8 Pressure; ... noise; not used in modern work. phonetic alphabet See Appendix 4. phoney war Northern France, 3 September 193 9 to 10 May 194 0. phonic wheel Sensor for tachometer, transmits signal at...

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... 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...

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... (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 ... Between the basic mission letter and the hyphen a further letter can be added to denote the following ‘vehicle types’: rotary-wing, V/STOL, glider, lighter-than-air. To...

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