The constant altitude plan position indicator, better known as CAPPI, is a radar display which gives a horizontal cross-section of data at constant altitude...

meteorology, a competing display system is the CAPPI (Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator) when a multi-angle scan is available. Using computers...

on the cloud. To avoid some of the PPI problems, the constant-altitude plan position indicator (CAPPI) has been developed by Canadian researchers. It...

it is a constant independent of weight, bank angle, temperature, density altitude, and the center of gravity of an aircraft. An AOA indicator provides...

airspeed indicators on aircraft instrument panels have been configured to read in knots, kilometers per hour, miles per hour. In high altitude flight,...

autopilot is a system used to control the path of a vehicle without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators...

Plan Position Indicator. Users have a pointing device with several buttons that provides access to the track file through the Plan Position Indicator...

The complex electromechanical attitude director indicator (ADI) and horizontal situation indicator (HSI) were the first candidates for replacement by...

Nozzle Control (CENC) – Convertiplane – Cowling – Crab landing – Crash position indicator – Cross control – CTAF – Cyclic Deep stall – Delta wing – Dihedral...

course on a Radio Magnetic Indicator, or setting it on a course deviation indicator (CDI) or a horizontal situation indicator (HSI, a more sophisticated...

operating minima AOP Airport operating plan AP Autopilot A/P Airplane (US), Aeroplane (ICAO) APARS Automatic pressure altitude reporting system APC Auto pilot...

collisions with obstructions are usually fatal. Therefore, constant awareness of position is critical for aircraft pilots. The techniques used for navigation...

decompression from saturation, flying in an unpressurised aircraft at high altitude, and extravehicular activity from spacecraft. DCS and arterial gas embolism...

cruise altitude. For aircraft that do not have a GPS, the initial position is also required. The pilot uses the FMS to modify the flight plan in flight...

special drift-and-speed indicator for the flight around the world in which only one known factor was required, namely, the altitude above the object sighted...

bomb wing's flying operations. The mission plan for the flight called for a demanding series of low-altitude passes, 60° banked turns, a steep climb, and...

the PAR derived guidance information displayed on a special PPI (Plan Position Indicator) via VHF- or UHF-voice-communication. PAR GCA requires no equipment...

shows both the decision altitude (DA) and decision height (DH). Finally, the chart depicts the missed approach procedures in plan and profile view, besides...

latitude, and altitude) within a few meters using time signals transmitted along a line of sight by radio from satellites. Positions derived can then...

then pilots have been able to soar for hours, gain thousands of meters of altitude in thermal updrafts, perform aerobatics, and glide cross-country for hundreds...

position of the control surface on its axis will change until the torques from the control surface and the trim surface balance each other. Planing boats...

based upon the assumption that target speed, direction, and altitude would remain constant during the prediction cycle, which consisted of the time to...

F-14s flew combat air patrols at high altitude, pairs of F-5Es or F-4 Phantoms were positioned at low altitude in order to prevent Iraqi fighters from...

remained in the latter position until the end of the flight. At 02:11:10 UTC, the aircraft had climbed to its maximum altitude around 38,000 feet (11...

be a sensitive indicator of low risk decompression, therefore the quantitative detection of VGE is thought to be useful as an indicator of decompression...

Bethel, as instructed by ATC, by centering the VOR "to" course deviation indicator (CDI) and then engaging the autopilot in the VOR/LOC mode. Then, when...

of shoreline indicators to represent the true shoreline position. The choice of shoreline indicator is a primary consideration. Indicators must be easily...

Terrain-following radar designed to allow the aircraft to fly at a constant altitude, which would, in theory, produce better reconnaissance photos. Unfortunately...

calculators or calculators containing flight planning software are permitted to be used. Many airspeed indicator (ASI) instruments have a movable ring built...

waveguide between the radar transceiver and the antenna. In a typical plan position indicator (PPI) radar with a rotating antenna, this will usually be seen...