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    In air traffic control, separation is the name for the concept of keeping an aircraft outside a minimum distance from another aircraft to reduce the risk...
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  • not separate each other Separation (aeronautics), rules to minimise the risk of collision between aircraft in flight Separation (United States military)...
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  • assures that engineered systems provide acceptable levels of safety Separation (aeronautics) – Concept for keeping aircraft safe distances apart Sundali, James...
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    Look up tuft (aeronautics) in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In aeronautics, tufts are pieces of yarn or string, typically around 15 cm (6 in) long...
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    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the United States's...
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    (1955–1959) – includes eight U.S. military mid-air collisions in 1958 Separation (aeronautics) – the concept for keeping aircraft safe distances apart Two of...
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    radar interrogation signal to assist air traffic controllers with traffic separation. A discrete transponder code (often called a squawk code) is assigned...
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  • Below are abbreviations used in aviation, avionics, aerospace, and aeronautics. Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also...
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  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, 1999 NASA. DAG-TM Concept element 5 en-route free maneuvering for user-preferred separation assurance...
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  • Reduced Lateral Separation Minima (RLAT or RLatSM), is an aeronautical flight term identifying the reduction from standard lateral separation minima between...
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  • aircraft that they should leave additional separation to avoid this wake turbulence. Distance-based separation minima for approach and departure are given...
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  • Reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) is the reduction, from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet, of the standard vertical separation required between aircraft...
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  • The following list shows specific aeronautical transponder codes (typically called squawk codes), and ranges of codes, that have been used for specific...
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    In aeronautics, a swashplate is a mechanical device that translates input via the helicopter flight controls into motion of the main rotor blades. Because...
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    Centrifuge (category Biochemical separation processes)
    centrifuges, for isotopic separations in the gas phase. Industrial centrifuges may otherwise be classified according to the type of separation of the high density...
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  • 2005) was an aeronautics engineer who worked for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, and later, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
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    smoothly over their profile and beyond, avoiding the side forces due to flow separation and stagnation. Again the effect is stronger at higher speeds, and reduces...
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    calculations to ensure the safe separation of aircraft traveling along designated routes between cities. In 1938, the Civil Aeronautics Act transferred the federal...
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    mid-air collisions. Bobbie R. Allen, Director of Safety at the Civil Aeronautics Board: "We had the potential or the problem of mid-air collisions ever...
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  • learns from Pop Johnson, the owner, that Roly has a bright future in aeronautics. Robbie hears from Chip that Steve would really like to see Roly win...
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    cross the English Channel was the Gossamer Albatross, built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready's company AeroVironment, and piloted by...
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    X-43A and GASL built its engine. One of the primary goals of NASA's Aeronautics Enterprise was the development and demonstration of technologies for...
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    NACA duct (category National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics)
    design, originally developed by the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the precursor to NASA, in 1945. Prior submerged inlet experiments...
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    In the development of aeronautical engineering at Caltech, Theodore von Kármán started a course "Elasticity applied to Aeronautics". After teaching the...
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    carrier was to make a "slide" with separation from the aircraft "shuttle" at the time of descent. After separation, the orbital plane was to go into orbit...
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    the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which in 1958 was succeeded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). She...
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    of Aeronautics and Astronautics. September 1966. p. 386. Journal of Aircraft September-October 1966: Vol 3 Iss 5. American Institute of Aeronautics and...
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  • The Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network (AFTN) is a worldwide system of aeronautical fixed circuits provided, as part of the Aeronautical Fixed...
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    during cruise flight. Flight levels are used to ensure safe vertical separation between aircraft. Historically, altitude has been measured using an altimeter...
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  • executive branch agency headed by an administrator, as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Small Business Administration or the...
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