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ZONE ALERT [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
  • Search and Rescue (Aircraft)
  • Airborne Forces
CONT

... swing your glow stick in circles as fast as you can with the circles facing the direction of where you want to signal. This creates a very unnatural full circle of light called a buzz saw. It is absolutely unmistakable in a nighttime setting.

CONT

While moving off the [drop zone], the parachutist must stay alert and look for injured parachutists. Should they find an injured parachutist, they are to alert the [drop zone] controller by lighting a strobe or glow stick and waving above their head, creating a buzzsaw. They are to assist the injured parachutist until medical aid arrives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
  • Recherches et sauvetages (Aviation)
  • Forces aéroportées

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Traffic Control
DEF

An automated audible and visual alert emitted to air traffic control personnel indicating that an aircraft has deviated into the no-transgression zone established between extended parallel runway centrelines.

OBS

deviation alert: designation and definition standardized by the Aviation Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circulation et trafic aériens
DEF

Alerte sonore et visuelle automatisée émise au personnel de la circulation aérienne qui indique qu'un aéronef pénètre dans la zone de non-transgression établie entre les prolongements d'axes de pistes parallèles.

OBS

alerte de déviation : désignation et définition normalisées par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie en aviation.

Spanish

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