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AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS [5 records]

Record 1 2007-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Airport Runways and Areas
  • Road Construction
OBS

... the longitudinal runway gradient affects the runway length.... the maximum effective gradient for airports serving air carrier operations is limited by the ICAO and FAA to 1 per cent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
  • Construction des voies de circulation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pistas y áreas del aeropuerto
  • Construcción de carreteras
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Record 2 2003-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Navigation Aids
  • Aerospace Equipment (Military)
CONT

Visual Landing Aids(VLA). Pilots approaching ships at night in heavy weather are critically reliant on visual cues through approach, and landing.... NAVAIR Lakehurst has developed an array of visual landing aids for aircraft carriers, air capable ships, amphibious assault ships, and shore-based operations to continually improve the safe landings of helicopters and vertical/short takeoff and landing(VSTOL) aircraft. Flight Deck Lighting Package... Stabilized Glide Slope Indicator(SGSI)... VSTOL Optical Landing System(OLS)... Helicopter Operations Surveillance System(HOSS)... Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System... Improved Carrier Optical Landing System(ICOLS)... Virtual Imaging Systems for Approach and Landing(VISUAL)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne
  • Matériel aérospatial (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
DEF

Person, other than an air carrier, who conducts operations in air commerce carrying persons or property for compensation or hire.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale
DEF

Personne autre que le «air carrier» qui mène des activités aéronautiques commerciales et transporte des personnes ou des marchandises contre rémunération.

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Aviation
DEF

Air carrier holding a certificate issued under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 that :(1) operates aircraft designed to have a maximum passenger capacity of more than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18, 000 pounds [8, 165 kg] ;or(2) conducts operations where one or both terminals of a flight stage are outside the 50 states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

OBS

The large certified air carriers are divided into four groups, according to operating revenue: Majors, Nationals, Large Regionals and Medium Regionals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aviation commerciale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aviación comercial
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Record 5 1981-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[In Accelerated Mission Testing] the type of operations involved include missions from ship to shore, combat air patrol, interception, group attack and field carrier landing practice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

(...) la simulation reproduit des conditions réelles d'emploi: départ d'une base à terre, ou d'un porte-avions, mission CAP, interception, attaque au sol, et même entraînement simulé à l'appontage.

Spanish

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