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  2. Aeronautical chart - Wikipedia

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    An aeronautical chart is a map designed to assist in the navigation of aircraft, much as nautical charts do for watercraft, or a roadmap does for drivers. Using these charts and other tools, pilots are able to determine their position, safe altitude, best route to a destination, navigation aids along the way, alternative landing areas in case of an in-flight emergency, and other useful ...

  3. World aeronautical chart - Wikipedia

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    A World Aeronautical Chart (WAC) was a type of aeronautical chart used for navigation by pilots of moderate speed aircraft and aircraft at high altitudes in the United States. They are at a scale of 1:1,000,000 (about 1 inch = 13.7 nautical miles or 16 statute miles).

  4. Aeronautical chart conventions (United States) - Wikipedia

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    White space around the chart is filled with map information and the legend, scales, and tables of airport and airspace information. Terrain is color-coded for its elevation and major roads, cities, and bodies of water are shown for visual reference, as well as other identifiable structures (e.g., stadiums and water towers ).

  5. Rapid Transit Series - Wikipedia

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    GMC RTS II pre-production model testing in Oakland, October 1976. [2]The RTS is the descendant of the GMC RTS-3T, its prototype built for the Transbus project; the RTS-3T was preceded by the RTX (Rapid Transit Experimental), a turbine-powered prototype produced in 1968 that had been under development since 1964.

  6. Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport - Wikipedia

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    Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport (IATA: TRM, ICAO: KTRM, FAA LID: TRM) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Riverside County, California, United States.It is located in the southeastern Coachella Valley, 20 nautical miles (23 mi, 37 km) southeast of the central business district of Palm Springs, [1] in Thermal, California.

  7. Terminal area chart - Wikipedia

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    FAA-Terminal Area Chart Baltimore-Washington from 2011. Like the VFR sectional charts that they complement, terminal area charts depict topographic features and other information of interest to aviators flying visually, including major landmarks, terrain elevations, visual navigation routes, ground-based navigation aids, airports, rivers, cities, and airspace boundaries.

  8. FS1 Flight Simulator - Wikipedia

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    Sublogic advertised that the $25 FS1 "is a visual flight simulator that gives you realistically stable aircraft control", with a graphics engine "capable of drawing 150 lines per second". Ports. The simulator was later ported to the TRS-80 Model I under the name T80-FS1, which has only rudimentary graphics capability. Because of the TRS-80's ...

  9. List of aircraft engines - Wikipedia

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    Allison T80; Allison T406 (AE1107) Allison T701 (Allison 501-M62) Allison T703 (Allison 250) Allison TF32; Allison TF41 (development of Rolls-Royce Spey) Allison GMA 200; Allison GMA 500; Allison AE3010; Allison AE3012; Allison PD-37 Pyrodyne