Instruments
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Accelerometeran instrument that measures an aircraft’s acceleration
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Airspeed indicatora primary cockpit or flight deck instrument which shows the pilot the speed of the aircraft in relation to the air around it
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Altimetera radio instrument for measuring vertical distance or altitude
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Ammeteran instrument for measuring amperes in order to give the strength of an electric current
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anemographan instrument which maintains a continuous recording of wind direction and speed on a graph
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anemometeran instrument with three or four ‘cups’ which rotate with the wind thus providing wind-speed information
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Approach monitoring aidan instrument or system that helps an air traffic controller to track the position and movements of an aircraft during its approach.
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Artificial horizonan instrument that displays the degree of pitch or bank of an aircraft relative to the horizon
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Attitude indicatora flight instrument that gives the pilot information about the position of the aircraft in the air in relation to the horizon
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Automatic direction findera radio navigation instrument that receives signals from non-directional radio beacons
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Barographan instrument for measuring and recording atmospheric pressure
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Barometeran instrument for measuring the atmospheric pressure
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Compassan instrument usually with a magnetic needle which always points to the magnetic north
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Dialthe face of an instrument showing a scale
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Directional gyroa gyroscopic instrument which indicates direction but does not have a north-seeking magnet
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Direction indicatoran instrument which gives direction information
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Displaythe appearance of information on a monitor screen or on the panel of an instrument or of an indicator
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Engine instrumentsinstruments which give the pilot information about engine temperature, speed, etc
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Flight deck instrumentsinstruments used by the flight crew when flying an aircraft
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Fuel gaugean instrument indicating fuel contents
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Gaugean instrument for measuring or testing
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Graticulea series of fine lines in an optical instrument such as a telescope, used for measuring
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Gyroscopedevice 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
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Heading indicatoran instrument which gives course or direction information
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Head-up displaya 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
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Heliographan instrument with a mirror to send messages by reflecting the sun
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Horizontal situation indicatora cockpit instrument which gives the pilot information about the direction of the aircraft’s flight path
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Hygrometerused for the measurement of humidity
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Instrumenta device for recording, measuring or controlling, especially functioning as part of a control system
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Instrumentationa set of specialised instruments on an aircraft
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Instrument landing systemaids for an instrument landing approach to an airfield, consisting of a localiser, glide slope, marker beacons and approach lights
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Intake temperature gaugean instrument to indicate the temperature of air entering an engine
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Laser ring gyroan instrument that uses beams of laser light in a closed circuit to detect whether something is level or not
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Localisera component of the instrument landing system that provides horizontal course guidance to the runway
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Magnetic compassA device for determining direction measured from magnetic north
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Machmeteran instrument for measuring the Mach number of an aircraft
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Nullan instrument reading of zero
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Omni-bearing indicatora cockpit instrument that displays V O R information and is used for radio navigation
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Pressure gaugean instrument for measuring pressure
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Primary flight instrumentsthe six instruments displayed on the instrument panel immediately in front of the pilot
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Radio magnetic indicatora cockpit navigation instrument which combines a bearing indicator and a heading indicator
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Radiowireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves
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Radio altimetera device for measuring the height of the aircraft above the Earth using reflected radio waves
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Turn coordinatoran instrument that shows the pilot if the aircraft is in coordinated flight or if it is slipping or skidding
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Tachometeran instrument for the measurement of revolutions per minute of a rotating shaft
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Thermometeran instrument for measuring temperature
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Transpondera 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
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Vertical speed indicatora flight instrument which indicates the rate of climb and descent
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Variometeran instrument used for measuring the rate of climb of an aircraft such as a glider