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Runway Gradients
Longitudinal Gradient The desire at any airport site is to have the runways and taxiways as level as possible, allowing…
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Runway Length
The length of the runway is determined by the aircraft, maximum takeoff weights, engine capabilities, landing and braking capabilities, flap…
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Forecasting Airport Traffic
Planning for an airport and building a credible airport investment program require that future traffic be forecast in a thorough,…
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Airport Planning Issues and Existing Conditions
Almost every airport has some deficiency that the airport board or the community or some other airport stakeholder would like…
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Airport Planning and Design
Fundamentally, the airport is a point of connectivity in the transportation system. At the ends of a trip the airport…
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Autopilot Systems
An aircraft automatic pilot system controls the aircraft without the pilot directly maneuvering the controls. The autopilot maintains the aircraft’s…
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Turn-and-Slip Indicator
The turn-and-slip indicator may also be referred to as the turnand-bank indicator, or needle-and-ball indicator. Regardless, it shows the correct…
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Turn Coordinators
Many aircraft make use of a turn coordinator. The rotor of the gyro in a turn coordinator is canted upwards…
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Gyroscopic Direction Indicator or Directional Gyro (DG)
The gyroscopic direction indicator or directional gyro (DG) is often the primary instrument for direction. Because a magnetic compass fluctuates…
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Electric Attitude Indicators
Electric attitude indicators are very similar to vacuumdriven gyro indicators. The main difference is in the drive mechanism. Inside the…
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Common Gyroscopic Instruments
Vacuum-Driven Attitude Gyros The attitude indicator, or artificial horizon, is one of the most essential flight instruments. It gives the…
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Microelectromechanical Based Attitude and Directional Systems
On aircraft, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices save space and weight. Through the use of solid-state MEMS devices, reliability is increased…