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  2. Flight instruments - Wikipedia

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    The cockpit of a Slingsby T-67 Firefly two-seat light airplane.The flight instruments are visible on the left of the instrument panel. Flight instruments are the instruments in the cockpit of an aircraft that provide the pilot with data about the flight situation of that aircraft, such as altitude, airspeed, vertical speed, heading and much more other crucial information in flight.

  3. Model aircraft - Wikipedia

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    For example, 1:48 scale is 1/4" to 1-foot (or 1" to 4 feet) and 1:72 is 1" to 6 feet, while in metric scales such as 1:100th, 1 centimeter equals 1 meter. 1:72 scale was introduced with Skybirds wood and metal model aircraft kits in 1932 and were followed closely by Frog, which used the same scale from 1936 with their "Frog Penguin" brand. 1:72 ...

  4. Least count - Wikipedia

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    In the science of measurement, the least count of a measuring instrument is the smallest value in the measured quantity that can be resolved on the instrument's scale. [1] The least count is related to the precision of an instrument; an instrument that can measure smaller changes in a value relative to another instrument, has a smaller "least ...

  5. Metre-stick - Wikipedia

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    A metre-stick, metrestick (or meter-stick and meterstick as alternative spellings); [1] or yardstick [2] is either a straightedge or foldable ruler used to measure length, and is especially common in the construction industry. They are often made of wood or plastic, and often have metal or plastic joints so that they can be folded together.

  6. Length measurement - Wikipedia

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    Length measurement, distance measurement, or range measurement (ranging) all refer to the many ways in which length, distance, or range can be measured.The most commonly used approaches are the rulers, followed by transit-time methods and the interferometer methods based upon the speed of light.

  7. Master minimum equipment list - Wikipedia

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    In aviation safety, master minimum equipment list, or MMEL, is a categorized list of on-board systems, instruments and equipment that may be inoperative for flight in a specified aircraft model. Procedures or conditions may be associated with items on the list. [ 1 ]

  8. What Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy could abolish in the name ...

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    Ramaswamy promised the elimination of at least five larger agencies during his run for president last year. He also discussed cutting 90% of the staff at the Federal Reserve during that campaign.

  9. Flight control surfaces - Wikipedia

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    Basic aircraft control surfaces and motion. A)aileron B)control stick C)elevator D)rudder. Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight control surfaces was a critical advance in the development of aircraft.