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WING-ILLUMINATING LIGHT [1 record]

Record 1 2014-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
DEF

A light mounted on the fuselage, which lights up the wing leading edges to indicate to the pilot the build up of ice on the wing at night.

CONT

Lights. Those units and components which provide for external and internal illumination such as landing lights, taxi lights, position lights, rotating lights, ice lights, master warning lights, passenger reading and cabin dome lights, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Éclairage. Équipements et composants assurant l'éclairage extérieur et intérieur, tels que phares d'atterrissage, phares de roulement, feux de position, feux tournants, projecteurs de détection de givrage, voyants d'alarme principaux, liseuses et plafonniers de cabine passagers, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
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