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Depicted in the plan view of IAP charts, a circle which designates NAVAIDs, fixes, and intersections that are part of the en route low altitude airway structure.
Industry:Aviation
Designated airspace within which flight of aircraft is prohibited.
Industry:Aviation
A maneuver initiated by the pilot to align the aircraft with a runway for landing when a straight-in landing from an instrument approach is not possible or is not desirable.
Industry:Aviation
A precision instrument approach system operating in the microwave spectrum which normally consists of an azimuth station, elevation station, and precision distance measuring equipment.
Industry:Aviation
A gas turbine engine that delivers power through a shaft to operate something other than a propeller.
Industry:Aviation
A device for propelling an aircraft that, when rotated, produces by its action on the air, a thrust approximately perpendicular to its plane of rotation. It includes the control components normally supplied by its manufacturer.
Industry:Aviation
A configuration in which all flight control surfaces have been placed to create minimum drag. In most aircraft this means flaps and gear retracted.
Industry:Aviation
A fix indicating a course change that appears on the chart as an “x” at a break between two segments of a federal airway.
Industry:Aviation
A rate gyro that senses both roll and yaw due to the gimbal being canted. Has largely replaced the turn-and-slip indicator in modern aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
