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PLATE-FORME MAINTENANCE NEZ [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2006-03-06
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Stationary Airport Facilities
- Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- nose dock
1, record 1, English, nose%20dock
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Mississippi Air National Guard (ANG) was able to enclose an entire KC-135 aircraft in the same floor area as a traditional "tailout" nose dock hangar by shaping the hangar to fit the shape of the aircraft, while reducing building costs and saving energy. ... Aircraft hangars have always been "box shaped" structures to house aircraft. Doors have traditionally been of the metal sliding, metal canopy or metal bi-fold lifting type. When newer longer aircraft were made to fit into an existing aircraft hangar, the usual design treatment was to construct an aperture in the hangar door and let the aircraft tail stick outside the hangar, exposing the tail to the outside elements (a nose dock). 1, record 1, English, - nose%20dock
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Installations fixes d'aéroport
- Aérotechnique et maintenance
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- plate-forme de maintenance de nez d’avions
1, record 1, French, plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
proposal, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- plate-forme de maintenance nez 1, record 1, French, plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20nez
proposal, feminine noun
- plate-forme de travail (nez d’avions) 1, record 1, French, plate%2Dforme%20de%20travail%20%28nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions%29
proposal, feminine noun
- plate-forme nez d’avions 1, record 1, French, plate%2Dforme%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
proposal, feminine noun
- dock de nez 2, record 1, French, dock%20de%20nez
anglicism, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Canadian Overhead Handling Inc. Nos secteurs d’activité [...] Entretien d’avion : Télé-plateformes (mât téléscopique) - Docks de queue - Docks de fuselage - Docks de nez - Docks d’aile - Docks moteurs - Plate-forme mobile. [Texte accompagné d’illustrations.] 3, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Amlor étudie, conçoit et réalise dans ses ateliers, pour tous les types d’appareils actuellement commercialisés, des plates-formes de maintenance (docks) parmi les plus ergonomiques du marché et répondant à tous les critères de sécurité. [Texte accompagné d’illustrations.] 4, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
[...] pour répondre aux besoins spécifiques de la maintenance aéronautique, nous avons conçu et fabriqué des équipements pour la maintenance, le décapage et la peinture des avions. Plate-formes télescopiques suspendues : Plate-formes de travail autonomes (suspendues à des ponts roulants sous les charpentes des hangars) se déplaçant (en vertical, en rotation et en horizontal) autour des avions. Systèmes de docks : Systèmes de plate-formes de travail, fixes ou mobiles, suspendues ou posées au sol, à positionner autour des avions. Ponts roulants suspendu : Hangars de maintenance d’avions et ateliers d’entretien et d’essais de moteurs d’avion. [Texte accompagné d’illustrations.] 5, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS
Air France Roissy. Docks de maintenance ailes et moteurs Boeings B 747. [Texte accompagné d’illustrations.] 6, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS
Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes. 7, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 5 OBS
plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004). 8, record 1, French, - plate%2Dforme%20de%20maintenance%20de%20nez%20d%26rsquo%3Bavions
Record 1, Key term(s)
- plateforme de maintenance de nez d’avions
- plateforme de maintenance nez
- plateforme de travail (nez d’avions)
- plateforme nez d’avions
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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