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A difference between two pressures. The measurement of airspeed is an example of the use of differential pressure.
Industry:Aviation
A combination pickup used to sample pitot pressure and static air pressure.
Industry:Aviation
A scale on the dial of an altimeter to which the pilot sets the barometric pressure level from which the altitude shown by the pointers is measured.
Industry:Aviation
The instrument that displays the ratio of the speed of sound to the true airspeed an aircraft is flying.
Industry:Aviation
The positive acute angle between the lateral axis of an airplane and a line through the center of a wing or horizontal stabilizer. Dihedral contributes to the lateral stability of an airplane.
Industry:Aviation
The overhead view of an approach procedure on an instrument approach chart. The plan view depicts the routes that guide the pilot from the en route segments to the IAF.
Industry:Aviation
Basic empty weight includes the standard empty weight plus optional and special equipment that has been installed.
Industry:Aviation
The ratio of the true airspeed of the aircraft to the speed of sound in the same atmospheric conditions, named in honor of Ernst Mach, late 19th century physicist.
Industry:Aviation
The highest elevation in the first 3,000 feet of the landing surface, TDZE is indicated on the instrument approach procedure chart when straight-in landing minimums are authorized.
Industry:Aviation
