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MODIFIED FLIGHT [10 records]

Record 1 2024-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
DEF

An air transport system concept that integrates new, transformational aircraft designs and flight technologies into existing and modified airspace operations.

OBS

The objective of AAM is to move people and cargo between places more effectively, especially in currently underserved local, regional, urban and rural environments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

La mobilité aérienne avancée (MAA) désigne une façon novatrice d'assurer le transport par voie aérienne. Il s'agit du transport des gens et des biens dans des lieux éloignés, bien souvent en situation d'urgence, au moyen d'aéronefs autonomes, pilotés à distance ou à décollage et atterrissage verticaux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Operations (Air Forces)
CONT

… no application shall be downloaded, installed, deleted, modified, or updated during any flight operation...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
CONT

[...] interdiction de télécharger, d'installer, de supprimer, de modifier ou de mettre à jour quelque application que ce soit au cours d'une opération de vol […]

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Cartography
DEF

An area of Canadian domestic airspace(CDA), approximately 30 mi. by 40 mi. in lateral dimensions, that is charted to facilitate flight planning by photo survey operators and that is delineated by quadrangles based on a modified version of the National Topographic System.

OBS

photo block: term and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Cartographie
DEF

Zone de l'espace aérien intérieur canadien (CDA), d'environ 30 milles sur 40 milles, qui est tracée pour faciliter la planification des plans de vol des exploitants d'aéronefs de levés photographiques.

OBS

Cette zone est représentée par des quadrilatères dont le tracé est basé sur une version modifiée du Système national de référence cartographique.

OBS

bloc photo : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

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Record 4 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
  • Mammals
DEF

... either of the two feathered forelimbs of a bird, fully developed for flying, as in eagles, gulls, swallows, etc., or insufficiently developed for flight and used for balance in running, etc., as in chickens, ostriches, etc., or for swimming as in penguins [also] either of the paired organs of flight of a bat, the lifting surface of which is formed by the membranous skin connecting the long, modified digits...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
  • Mammifères
CONT

L'aile est un «repli cutané» [...] soutenu par un ou plusieurs doigts très allongés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aves
  • Mamíferos
DEF

Miembro musculado y móvil que utilizan algunos vertebrados para volar.

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Record 5 2003-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
  • Launchers (Astronautics)
CONT

The Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests(ALT) program allowed pilots and engineers to learn how the Space Shuttle and the modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft(SCA) handled during low-speed flight and landing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace
  • Lanceurs (Astronautique)

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
  • Surveillance and Formalities (Air Transport)
CONT

The check-in section allows the check-in agent to verify a customer's presence prior to departure. Any last minute details such as seating and boarding passes are also addressed at this time. If any flight information needs to be modified it can be edited here(i. e. The flight is delayed). To facilitate these activities the agent has the following functionality available : search for ticket information, edit and search flight information, assign seating, print boarding pass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
  • Contrôles et formalités (Transport aérien)
CONT

L'agent d'enregistrement demande à voir la carte officielle de l'inspecteur au point d'enregistrement...

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

The modifications to the inertial reference system were completely defined, incorporated and validated on individual elements and will be tested using the functional simulation facility, itself modified and added to in order to be more representative of flight reality.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique
OBS

Banc de tests informatiques réalisé par Alcatel Etca.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

it is being modified to incorporate variable-stability system, capable of simulating the flight characteristics of various types of aircraft

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

cet appareil [...] recevra des dispositifs dits à stabilité variable, capables de lui donner [...] certaines qualités propres à des avions de types différents

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

Lockheed showed the modified L-100-20 which acts as the company's High Technology Test Bed(HTTB). This will be used for integration and flight demonstration of advanced technologies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

Lockheed L-100-20 modifié est le banc d'essai des "hautes technologies" (...) du constructeur.

Spanish

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Record 10 1981-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
CONT

[On] the instrument panel of the modified GAT 2B simulator, the left side contains current instruments, while the central and right-hand areas are equipped with new digital displays. The two empty rectangles in the centre [of the GAT 2B flight simulator] are for the flat panel plasma display and the data entry keyboard.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
CONT

La partie gauche du tableau de bord est équipée d'instruments classiques, alors que les parties centrale et droite comportent de nouveaux indicateurs électroniques de type numérique; les deux rectangles au centre sont les places prévues pour un indicateur à plasma [...] et un clavier d'introduction de données.

Spanish

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