- Industrie: Aviation
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Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (ASA) develops and markets aviation supplies, software, and books for pilots, flight instructors, flight engineers, airline professionals, air traffic controllers, flight attendants, aviation technicians and enthusiasts. Established in 1947, ASA also provides ...
Aluminum to which has been added one or more other chemical elements.
These alloying elements increase the hardness, toughness, durability, or resistance to fatigue of the aluminum.
Aluminum alloys are the primary metals used in the construction of aircraft and other structures which require high strength and light weight.
Industry:Aviation
Amplification of a signal in which the amplitude of the output is directly proportional to the amplitude of the input.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive and polishing paper made by coating one side of a sheet of flexible paper with a layer of crushed garnet.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive cloth that has a fine, dark red iron oxide bonded to its surface. Crocus cloth is used for polishing hard metal surfaces.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive paper made by bonding a layer of emery dust (pulverized corundum or aluminum oxide) to one side of a sheet of flexible paper. Emery paper is used to polish or clean metal surfaces.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive paper made by bonding grains of sharp sand to the surface of a piece of paper. Sandpaper is used for abrading (wearing away) rough surfaces or unwanted material.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive stone used to wear away, or sharpen, the edges of cutting tools.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive that is often ground into small particles and bonded to sheets of paper or cloth or formed into grinding wheels for use on power grinders.
Industry:Aviation
An abrasive wheel made by molding a mixture of emery (pulverized corundum or aluminum oxide) and a suitable binder into the form of a wheel. Emery wheels mounted on an arbor and turned by an electric motor can be used to grind metal and shape or sharpen steel tools.
Industry:Aviation
An abrupt maneuver of an airplane in which the airplane does a single turn of a spin while flying in a horizontal direction.
Industry:Aviation
