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Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. While the term originally referred solely to operating the aircraft, it has since been expanded to include technology, business, and other aspects ...
Autopilot flight director computer AFDS Autopilot flight director system AFDX Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet: AFE Above field elevation AFIS Airborne flight information system Also called automatic flight information service AFM Aircraft flight manual: AFS Aeronautical fixed service: AFT Aft The direction against the aircraft movement AFTN
The Airbus A380 glass cockpit featuring pull-out keyboards and two wide computer screens on the sides for pilots. The first hints of glass cockpits emerged in the 1970s when flight-worthy cathode-ray tube (CRT) screens began to replace electromechanical displays, gauges and instruments. A "glass" cockpit refers to the use of computer monitors ...
Aeronautics is a term sometimes used interchangeably with aviation, although aeronautics includes lighter-than-air craft such as airships and balloons, while "aviation" does not. Random page in this category
The HAL HPT-32 Deepak ("lamp" in Sanskrit) is an Indian prop-driven primary trainer manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and are used as a basic trainer aircraft by the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy.
Aspect ratio (aeronautics) – In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord. It is equal to the square of the wingspan divided by the wing area. Thus, a long, narrow wing has a high aspect ratio, whereas a short, wide wing has a low aspect ratio. [23]
Air to air image of a Spitfire. Aviation photography is the act of taking images of aircraft, either in flight, or on the ground.Types of aviation photography include air-to-air, ground-to-air, ground-static, and remote photography.
Title 14 CFR – Aeronautics and Space is one of the fifty titles that make up the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Title 14 is the principal set of rules and regulations (sometimes called administrative law) issued by the Department of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration, federal agencies of the United States which oversee Aeronautics and Space.