In aviation, the turn and slip indicator (T/S, a.k.a. turn indicator and turn and bank indicator) and the turn coordinator (TC) variant are essentially...

Air Cargo Flight 8509 Peripheral vision horizon display (PVHD) Turn and slip indicator Instrument Flying Handbook, FAA-H-8083-15B (PDF). U.S. Dept. of...

airplane such that the turn and slip indicator points to the mark appropriate for that aircraft and then uses a clock to time the turn. The pilot can roll...

Gyroscopic flight instruments such as the attitude indicator (artificial horizon) and the turn and slip indicator are designed to provide information to counteract...

horizon), direction (directional gyro) and rate of turn indicator, plus a slip-skid indicator, adjustable altimeter, and a clock. Flight into instrument meteorological...

which is in turn used to power electrical generators. In some early aircraft (including airships), small RATs were permanently mounted and operated a small...

Alfa Romeo car engine technology Turbine Steamship (ship prefix) Turn and slip indicator, an avionics instrument Training Ship (ship prefix) Telangana State...

the altimeter found in most aircraft, and skydivers use wrist-mounted versions for similar purposes. Hikers and mountain climbers use wrist-mounted or...

CFTs have a reduced aerodynamic penalty compared to external drop tanks, and do not significantly increase an aircraft's radar cross-section. Another...

Port and starboard are nautical terms for watercraft and spacecraft, referring respectively to the left and right sides of the vessel, when aboard and facing...

sometimes called a pod, in which case it is attached with a pylon or strut and the engine is known as a podded engine. In some cases—for instance in the...

A course deviation indicator (CDI) is an avionics instrument used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft's lateral position in relation to a...

a rate of climb and descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of...

The horizontal situation indicator (commonly called the HSI) is an aircraft flight instrument normally mounted below the artificial horizon in place of...

A transponder (short for transmitter-responder and sometimes abbreviated to XPDR, XPNDR, TPDR or TP) is an electronic device that produces a response...

direction-of-travel (DOT) indicator for use in taking bearings directly from a map. Other features found on modern orienteering compasses are map and romer scales...

flown more slowly and thereby reduce the rate of sink, which lets the glider use the rising air of the thermal more efficiently, and to turn in a smaller circle...

sliding forward, opening a slot between the wing and the slat. Air from below the slat flows through the slot and replaces the boundary layer that has travelled...

structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but...

designed and made precision aircraft instrumentation, most notably an aircraft turn and slip indicator that Reid had invented and developed, and a pilot...

forward, the nose is lowered. When the yoke is turned left, the plane rolls to the left, and when it is turned to the right, the plane rolls to the right...

some advanced maneuvers possible, such as the Pugachev's Cobra, the Cobra Turn and the Kulbit. A long, narrow sideways extension to the fuselage, attached...

popular for trans-oceanic routes. After World War II, the flying boats were in turn replaced by airplanes operating from land, made far more capable first by...

an acronym of hands on throttle-and-stick, is the concept of placing buttons and switches on the throttle lever and flight control stick in an aircraft...

the foreplane. Canard wings are also extensively used in guided missiles and smart bombs. The term "canard" arose from the appearance of the Santos-Dumont...

passenger aircraft that would record the aircraft's altitude and whether the radio transmitter was turned on or off.: 1  The compliance deadline for that regulation...

control mechanisms in the cockpit now operate signal transducers, which in turn generate the appropriate commands. These are next processed by an electronic...

and their performance, on wings and fuselage for propeller and jet aircraft. Often, characteristics of both spoilers and air brakes are desirable and...

autopilot connected a gyroscopic heading indicator, and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder. (Ailerons were not connected as...

used for various purposes, such as to decrease speed, to provide control and stability, as a pilot parachute to deploy a larger parachute or a combination...