speed indicator
121barber’s pole — The red and white striped needle on an air speed indicator, which indicates the maximum operating speed or VMO . This needle also indicates the maximum operating Mach number above the VMO /MMO changeover level. Air speed indicator …
122blind-flying panel — A part of an instrument panel in the aircraft with six basic instruments used for blind or instrument flying: an ASI (air speed indicator), a VSI (vertical speed indicator), an altimeter, a TSI (turn and slip indicator), an artificial horizon,… …
123primary instruments — Those that give basic information about the flight trajectory and speed of an airplane. These are the ASI (air speed indictor), VSI (vertical speed indicator), altimeter, TSI (turn and slip indicator), artificial horizon, and compass. In some… …
124Navigation light — The winglet and red navigation light on the port (left) wing of a South African Airways Boeing 747 400 aircraft A navigation light is a colored source of illumination on an aircraft, spacecraft, or waterborne vessel, used to signal a craft s… …
125Rib (aircraft) — Rib Wing ribs of a de Havilland DH.60 Moth In an aircraft, ribs are forming elements of the structure of a wing, especially in traditional construction. By analogy with the anatomical definition of rib , the ribs attach to the main spar, and …
126Yoke (aircraft) — Aircraft Yoke The W shaped control yoke of a Boeing 737. A yoke, alternatively known as control column, is a device used for piloting in most fixed wing aircraft.[1] Contents …
127Cruciform tail — BAe Jetstream 31 with cruciform tail The cruciform tail is an aircraft empennage configuration which, when viewed from the aircraft s front or rear, looks much like a cross. The usual arrangement is to have the horizontal stabilizer intersect the …
128Dog-tooth — For other uses, see Dogtooth (disambiguation). Dog tooth ornament A dog tooth or dogtooth pattern , in architecture, is an ornament found in the moldings of medieval work of the commencement of the 12th century, which is thought to have been… …
