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Instruments

  • Word
    Definition
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    American
  • Accelerometer
    an instrument that measures an aircraft’s acceleration
  • Airspeed indicator
    a primary cockpit or flight deck instrument which shows the pilot the speed of the aircraft in relation to the air around it
  • Altimeter
    a radio instrument for measuring vertical distance or altitude
  • Ammeter
    an instrument for measuring amperes in order to give the strength of an electric current
  • anemograph
    an instrument which maintains a continuous recording of wind direction and speed on a graph
  • anemometer
    an instrument with three or four ‘cups’ which rotate with the wind thus providing wind-speed information
  • Approach monitoring aid
    an instrument or system that helps an air traffic controller to track the position and movements of an aircraft during its approach.
  • Artificial horizon
    an instrument that displays the degree of pitch or bank of an aircraft relative to the horizon
  • Attitude indicator
    a flight instrument that gives the pilot information about the position of the aircraft in the air in relation to the horizon
  • Automatic direction finder
    a radio navigation instrument that receives signals from non-directional radio beacons
  • Barograph
    an instrument for measuring and recording atmospheric pressure
  • Barometer
    an instrument for measuring the atmospheric pressure
  • Compass
    an instrument usually with a magnetic needle which always points to the magnetic north
  • Dial
    the face of an instrument showing a scale
  • Directional gyro
    a gyroscopic instrument which indicates direction but does not have a north-seeking magnet
  • Direction indicator
    an instrument which gives direction information
  • Display
    the appearance of information on a monitor screen or on the panel of an instrument or of an indicator
  • Engine instruments
    instruments which give the pilot information about engine temperature, speed, etc
  • Flight deck instruments
    instruments used by the flight crew when flying an aircraft
  • Fuel gauge
    an instrument indicating fuel contents
  • Gauge
    an instrument for measuring or testing
  • Graticule
    a series of fine lines in an optical instrument such as a telescope, used for measuring
  • Gyroscope
    device consisting of a spinning wheel, mounted on a base so that its axis can turn freely in one or more directions and thereby maintain its own direction even when the base is moved
  • Heading indicator
    an instrument which gives course or direction information
  • Head-up display
    a cockpit system where data from flight instruments is projected onto a screen or the windscreen so that the pilot can see it without having to look down
  • Heliograph
    an instrument with a mirror to send messages by reflecting the sun
  • Horizontal situation indicator
    a cockpit instrument which gives the pilot information about the direction of the aircraft’s flight path
  • Hygrometer
    used for the measurement of humidity
  • Instrument
    a device for recording, measuring or controlling, especially functioning as part of a control system
  • Instrumentation
    a set of specialised instruments on an aircraft
  • Instrument landing system
    aids for an instrument landing approach to an airfield, consisting of a localiser, glide slope, marker beacons and approach lights
  • Intake temperature gauge
    an instrument to indicate the temperature of air entering an engine
  • Laser ring gyro
    an instrument that uses beams of laser light in a closed circuit to detect whether something is level or not
  • Localiser
    a component of the instrument landing system that provides horizontal course guidance to the runway
  • Magnetic compass
    A device for determining direction measured from magnetic north
  • Machmeter
    an instrument for measuring the Mach number of an aircraft
  • Null
    an instrument reading of zero
  • Omni-bearing indicator
    a cockpit instrument that displays V O R information and is used for radio navigation
  • Pressure gauge
    an instrument for measuring pressure
  • Primary flight instruments
    the six instruments displayed on the instrument panel immediately in front of the pilot
  • Radio magnetic indicator
    a cockpit navigation instrument which combines a bearing indicator and a heading indicator
  • Radio
    wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves
  • Radio altimeter
    a device for measuring the height of the aircraft above the Earth using reflected radio waves
  • Turn coordinator
    an instrument that shows the pilot if the aircraft is in coordinated flight or if it is slipping or skidding
  • Tachometer
    an instrument for the measurement of revolutions per minute of a rotating shaft
  • Thermometer
    an instrument for measuring temperature
  • Transponder
    a device in an aircraft for receiving a radio signal and automatically transmitting a different signal so that an air traffic control station can identify the aircraft
  • Vertical speed indicator
    a flight instrument which indicates the rate of climb and descent
  • Variometer
    an instrument used for measuring the rate of climb of an aircraft such as a glider