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CALIBRATION FLIGHT [7 records]

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Record 1 2019-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

Pilots use the local altimeter setting(based upon atmospheric pressure variation) for calibration prior to flight.

French

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

Le calage altimétrique local [...] est particulièrement adapté pour tout ce qui est atterrissage, décollage, phases d'approches à basse altitude, circulation proche du relief.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-12-10

English

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

A flight instrument used for measuring the angle of drift of an aircraft and equipped with a hairline or sight wire that may be rotated until objects on the ground appear to travel parallel with it so from the position of the wire, the drift angle may then be read directly from a calibration chart.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Parties des bateaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos y equipo de vuelo (Industria aeronáutica)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 3 2003-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Rocket Assembly/Checkout Facility... The facility consists of six contiguous laboratory modules subdivided into a storage area, a gray room area, and a clean room. The storage area houses spare instrument components and intermittently used ground support equipment. The gray room area contains facilities to clean components before they enter the clean room and equipment used to ship the instrument to WSMR [White Sands Mission Range]. The Class 100 cross-flow clean room is separated from the gray room by an air shower. The clean room contains three major stations : a clean bench for assembly of subsystems; a 12x14-ft optical bench for instrument assembly and electronic test of the instrument subsystems; and a vacuum chamber for vacuum focus and spectroradiometric calibration. The cryogenically pumped vacuum chamber is designed with a 30-cm diameter ultraviolet collimator at one end and a roll-off section that accommodates the entire flight instrument centered in the collimated beam at the other end.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The Gas Analyzer System for Metabolic Analysis Physiology(GASMAP) device is used to monitor and analyze inhaled and exhaled breath streams to determine their gas concentrations. The primary gases of interest are nitrogen(N²), oxygen(O²), carbon dioxide(CO²), argon(Ar), acetylene(C²H²), sulfur hexafluoride(SF6), helium(He), and carbon monoxide(C18 O). The GASMAP flight hardware consists of two components : an analyzer module and a calibration module, both of which are housed in drawers inside Spacelab. The analyzer module contains all the sensor and electronic hardware of the GASMAP.

OBS

gas analyser system for metabolic analysis physiology; GASMAP : term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

équipement de physiologie dédié à l'analyse métabolique des gaz; GASMAP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
CONT

After selection for an aircraft, flight clearance and calibration of flight-test engines follows. Later, when the engine has achieved its thrust/SFC goals, it comes back for Production Verification(PV) testing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Public Service
DEF

An allowance paid for flight calibration or magnetometer survey duties.

OBS

flying pay: term and definition officially approved by Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Fonction publique
DEF

Indemnité versée pour fonctions de calibration en vol ou de relevés au magnétomètre en vol.

OBS

prime de vol : terme et définition uniformisés par le Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 7 1980-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
OBS

The AFCS [automatic flight control system] includes fault detection, monitoring circuits, built-in test equipment(BITE), barometric altitude control, and magnetic anomaly detection(MAD) control for Submarine Detecting Set(...) calibration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques

Spanish

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