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VFR
Visual Flight Rules we fly under Visual Flight Rules
Adjustable-Pitch Propeller
A propeller with blades whose pitch can be adjusted on the ground with the engine not running, but which cannot be adjusted in flight. Also referred to as a ground adjustable propeller. Sometimes also used to refer to onstant-speed propellers that are adjustable in flight.
Hold short
Do not enter or cross the taxiway or runway specified by the controller. If there is a painted hold line, do not cross it.
Taxi to—hold short
A clearance to begin taxiing, but enroute to the taxi clearance limit you must hold short of another taxiway or a crossing runway as specified by the controller.
Propeller Anti-icers:
Ice often forms on the propeller before it is visible on the wing. Props are treated with deicing fluid applied by slinger rings on the prop hub or with electrically heated elements on the leading edges.
Vestibular system
Organs found in the inner ear that sense position by the way we're balanced.
VASI
Visual approach slope indicators provides visual descent guidance during the approach to a runway. The
lights are arranged in bars and vary in number from two to 16.
Tail Stall
The horizontal stabilizer balances the tendency of the nose to pitch down by generating downward lift on the tail of the aircraft. When the tail stalls, this downward force is lessened or removed, and the nose of the airplane can severely pitch down.
Duck-Under Syndrome
A pilot may be tempted to make it into an airport by descending below minimums during an approach. There may be a belief that there is a built-in margin of error in every approach procedure, or a pilot may want to admit that the landing cannot be completed and a missed approach must be initiated.
Carburetor icing
affects engines with carburetors, and air intake blockage, which affects both carbureted and fuelinjected engines.
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