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    altitude, and altitude trend. A pitotstatic system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitotstatic instruments. Other instruments...
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    trend. A pitot-static system generally consists of a pitot tube, a static port, and the pitot-static instruments. Errors in pitot-static system readings...
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  • the tower trailing bob with both Pitot and static sources Airspeed Altitude Global Positioning System Pitot-static system Reduced vertical separation minima...
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    to a pitot-static system. The pitot-static system comprises one or more pitot probes (or tubes) facing the on-coming air flow to measure pitot pressure...
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    grouped according to pitot-static system, compass systems, and gyroscopic instruments.: 3–1  Instruments which are pitot-static systems use air pressure differences...
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    because a maintenance worker had failed to remove tape covering the pitot-static system ports on the aircraft exterior. The aircraft, a Boeing 757-23A, was...
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    A Machmeter is an aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity...
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    Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend data from an aircraft's pitot-static system. In some very high-speed aircraft such as the Space Shuttle, equivalent...
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    thunderstorm, unreliable instruments due to discrepancies in the pitot-static system, and lack of proper operational oversight by airline management....
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    Autopilot (redirect from Auto pilot system)
    An 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...
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    airspeed (IAS) is the airspeed of an aircraft as measured by its pitot-static system and displayed by the airspeed indicator (ASI). This is the pilots'...
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    error of an aircraft's pitot-static system. It does this by giving an accurate measurement of the ambient atmospheric pressure (static pressure) well clear...
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    A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages...
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  • Bleed air (redirect from Bleed Air System)
    during descent and other low power setting operations. Bleed air from that system can be utilized for internal cooling of the engine, cross-starting another...
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    A missile approach warning system (MAW) is part of the avionics package on some military aircraft. A sensor detects attacking missiles. Its automatic warning...
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    of attack (AoA, alpha) angle of sideslip (AoS, beta) static pressure (Ps) total pressure (Pt, pitot pressure) outside air temperature (OAT) total air temperature...
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    Mars by means of a downward-facing Lidar altimeter. Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers can also determine altitude by trilateration with four or...
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    Attitude indicator (category Technology systems)
    integrated with a Flight Director System (FDS). The ADI incorporates a computer that receives information from the navigation system, such as the AHRS, and processes...
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  • difference between total pressure (also known as pitot pressure or stagnation pressure) and static pressure. In aerodynamics notation, this quantity...
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    In aircraft, an ejection seat or ejector seat is a system designed to rescue the pilot or other crew of an aircraft (usually military) in an emergency...
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    input from multiple sensors simultaneously (such as the altimeters and the pitot tubes) and adjust the controls in real time. The computers sense position...
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    are also commonly used when dividing crews; for example with a two watch system the teams supplying the personnel are often named Port and Starboard. This...
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    An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers)...
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    flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics. An FMS is a specialized computer system that automates a wide...
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  • its altimeter and, along with the pitot pressure system, also drives the airspeed indicator. The static pressure system is open to the aircraft's exterior...
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    the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds...
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    Aircraft systems are those required to operate an aircraft efficiently and safely. Their complexity varies with the type of aircraft. Aircraft software...
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    be sent to a fly-by-wire system, which then sends a corresponding signal to actuators attached to the aileron booster systems and control surfaces. Yokes...
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    ISBN 978-3-540-73618-9. Scott C. Asbury; Jeffrey A. Yetter (2000). Static Performance of Six Innovative Thrust Reverser Concepts for Subsonic Transport...
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    A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed...
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