aircraft equipment
1aircraft equipment — Articles, other than stores and spare parts of a removable nature, for use on board an aircraft (ICAO) …
2Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System — Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (or ACARS) is a digital datalink system for transmission of small messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite. The protocol, which was designed by ARINC to replace… …
3Equipment codes — An equipment code describes the transponder and/or navigation capability of aircraft. The equipment code is usually designated as a one character suffix to the aircraft type in block 3 of the FAA flight plan form. Air traffic controllers (ATC)… …
4Aircraft finance — refers to financing for the purchase and operation of aircraft. Complex aircraft finance (such as those schemes employed by airlines) shares many characteristics with maritime finance, and to a lesser extent with project finance.Private… …
5Equipment losses in World War II — refers to military equipment destroyed during World War II, the deadliest and most costly war in history.Aircraft losses* Finland: Reported losses during the Winter War totaled 67, of which 42 were operational, while 536 aircraft were lost during …
6Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting — (ARFF) is a special category of firefighting that involves the response, hazard mitigation, evacuation and possible rescue of passengers and crew of an aircraft involved in (typically) an airport ground emergency. Airport ARFF operations are… …
7Aircraft flight control systems — consist of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft s direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered as flight controls as they …
8Aircraft noise — is defined as sound produced by any aircraft or its components, during various phases of a flight, on the ground while parked such as auxiliary power units, while taxiing, on run up from propeller and jet exhaust, during take off, underneath and… …
9aircraft mission equipment — Equipment that must be fitted to an aircraft to enable it to fulfill a particular mission or task. Also called aircraft role equipment …
10Aircraft spotting — or Plane spotting is the observation and logging registration numbers of aircraft: gliders, powered aircraft, large balloons, airships, helicopters, and microlights. When spotting aircraft or planes , observers notice the key attributes of an… …
