aircraft heading
11heading select feature — A flight control system feature that permits selection or preselection of the desired automatically controlled heading(s) of an aircraft …
12heading — noun Date: 1676 1. a. something that forms or serves as a head; especially an inscription, headline, or title standing at the top or beginning (as of a letter or chapter) b. the address and date at the beginning of a letter showing its place and… …
13heading — /hed ing/, n. 1. something that serves as a head, top, or front. 2. a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc. 3. a section of the subject of a discourse; a main division of a topic or theme. 4. the compass direction toward which a traveler or… …
14heading — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. title, caption; direction, course. See nomenclature. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. headline, subtitle, inscription, address, caption, legend, head, subject, overline, docket, section head, frontispiece,… …
15heading — The direction in which the longitudinal axis of an aircraft is pointed, usually expressed in degrees from North (true, magnetic, compass or grid) (ICAO). Also known as a course …
16heading — head•ing [[t]ˈhɛd ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) something serving as a head, top, or front 2) pri a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc 3) rht a section of the subject of a discourse 4) sur the compass direction toward which a traveler or vehicle is or… …
17heading — /ˈhɛdɪŋ / (say heding) noun 1. something that serves as a head, top, or front. 2. a title or caption of a page, chapter, etc. 3. a section of a subject of discourse; a topic. 4. a horizontal passage in the earth, as for an intended tunnel, for… …
18initial heading — i. The aircraft heading at the start of a gyro rating period when using astro gyro control. See final heading. ii. In air interception, it is the heading given to the air defense aircraft at the moment of scramble or immediately after takeoff… …
19say heading — A term used by ATC (air traffic control) to request an aircraft heading. The pilot should state the actual heading of the aircraft …
20final heading — The aircraft heading at the end of a rating period while using the astrogryo system of steering …
