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ENROUTE TIME [5 records]

Record 1 2025-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
  • Air Materiel Maintenance
DEF

An inspection which combines the intent of after flight check and before flight check, carried out when conditions warrant a rapid turn around of specific aircraft.

CONT

Hydraulic reservoir-servicing. Hydraulic levels are checked at layover and higher checks and any time there is reason to suspect fluid loss. The level check is not required on a routine enroute check.

OBS

quick turn-around inspection; AB check: term and shortened form to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • enroute station stop check

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air
DEF

Vérification qui regroupe les vérifications avant et après-vol et qui est faite lorsque les conditions permettent une remise en œuvre rapide de l'aéronef.

OBS

inspection de rotation accélérée; vérification AB : terme et forme abrégée d’usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

OBS

vérification à l'escale : terme uniformisé par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

vérification entre deux vols; vérification à l'escale : termes uniformisés par le Comité d’uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) – Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Transportation
CONT

When a taxi driver of an unoccupied taxi is seeking passengers on a road unknown to him or her in a large city, what should the driver do? Alternatives include cruising around the road or waiting for a time period at the roadside in the hopes of finding a passenger or just leaving for another road enroute to a destination he [or she] knows(e. g., hotel taxi rank) ?... There could be different answers to the question poised above, but one fundamental problem is how the driver learns about the likelihood of finding passengers on a road that is new to him [or her. ]

Key term(s)
  • unoccupied taxi cab
  • vacant taxi cab

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Transports

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-08-31

English

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

The estimated flying time from departure point to destination (liftoff to touchdown).

OBS

estimated time en route; ETE: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

Key term(s)
  • estimated time en-route
  • estimated time enroute

French

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

Pour un aéronef, temps de vol estimé entre le départ et l'arrivée à destination (à partir du moment où l'appareil décolle jusqu'au moment où il se pose).

OBS

durée prévue en route; ETE : terme, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne; terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 1985-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
Key term(s)
  • flight enroute time
  • enroute time

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

Terme uniformisé par le CUTA opérations aériennes.

Spanish

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Record 5 1980-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
OBS

terme d'usage obligatoire au Bureau des Traductions.

Spanish

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