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Type of aircraft flight instrument
The heading indicator (HI), also known as a directional gyro (DG) or direction indicator (DI), is a flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the
Heading_indicator
Aircraft heading flight instrument
indicator (commonly called the HSI) is an aircraft flight instrument normally mounted below the artificial horizon in place of a conventional heading
Horizontal situation indicator
Horizontal_situation_indicator
Aircraft instrument that gives information during flight
all jet aircraft), the heading indicator is replaced by a horizontal situation indicator (HSI) which provides the same heading information, but also assists
Flight_instruments
Marine or aircraft radio-navigation instrument
signal, and provide the heading to the station using a direction indicator. In flight, the ADF's RMI or direction indicator will always point to the
Automatic_direction_finder
Device for measuring or maintaining orientation
a gyroscope to spin indefinitely; this led to the first prototype heading indicators, and a rather more complicated device, the gyrocompass. The first
Gyroscope
Aircraft flight instrument
aircraft's heading; the other part indicates whether the aircraft is in coordinated flight, showing the slip or skid of the turn. The slip indicator is actually
Turn_and_slip_indicator
Avionics instrument
A course deviation indicator (CDI) is an avionics instrument used in aircraft navigation to determine an aircraft's lateral position in relation to a
Course_deviation_indicator
Room from which a pilot controls an aircraft or spacecraft
in many cases include some form of heading indicator and ILS/VOR deviation indicators. In many cases an indicator of the engaged and armed autoflight
Cockpit
Flight instrument which displays the aircraft's orientation relative to Earth's horizon
The attitude indicator (AI), also known as the gyro horizon or artificial horizon, is a flight instrument that informs the pilot of the aircraft orientation
Attitude_indicator
Compass direction
M+(Dev)= T / T-(Dev)= M-(Var)= C Bearing (navigation) Dead reckoning Heading indicator - Flight instrument Ship motions Nor its track, which is the path
Heading_(navigation)
Instrument used to determine the height of an object above a certain point
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Altimeter
Nautical terms for direction
aboard the vessel and facing the bow, towards the direction the vessel is heading when underway in the forward direction. The starboard side is to the right
Port_and_starboard
System to maintain vehicle trajectory in lieu of direct operator command
Corporation in 1912. The system connected a gyroscopic heading indicator and attitude indicator to hydraulically operated elevators and rudder. It permitted
Autopilot
Instrument used for navigation and orientation
mounted in a transparent baseplate containing a direction-of-travel (DOT) indicator for use in taking bearings directly from a map. Other features found on
Compass
Topics referred to by the same term
in x86 computer architecture Direction indicator, an instrument in aviation also known as a heading indicator Direct ignition, see Distributor § Direct
Di
Modern aircraft instrument
minimum, an airspeed indicator, turn coordinator, attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator [14 CFR Part 61.129(j)(1)]
Primary_flight_display
Part of an aircraft, encasing the engines
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Nacelle
Small power source installed on aircraft
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Ram_air_turbine
Aviation navigation system
situation indicator (HSI), developed subsequently to the RMI, is considerably more expensive and complex than a standard VOR indicator but combines heading information
VHF_omnidirectional_range
Type of non-magnetic compass based on the rotation of the Earth
monitoring; for details, see flight instruments (specifically the heading indicator) and gyroscopic autopilot. The first, not yet practical, form of gyrocompass
Gyrocompass
Aircraft passenger service
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Inflight_Connectivity
Type of aileron
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Deceleron
Main body of an aircraft
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Fuselage
Aircraft controls
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Yoke_(aeronautics)
Continuously computed dead reckoning
devices combining different sensors are being developed, e.g. attitude and heading reference system. Because the navigation error is mainly influenced by
Inertial_navigation_system
Man-machine interface concept for cockpit design
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HOTAS
Display system in an aircraft's cockpit which displays flight information electronically
The complex electromechanical attitude director indicator (ADI) and horizontal situation indicator (HSI) were the first candidates for replacement by
Electronic flight instrument system
Electronic_flight_instrument_system
Type of external fuel tank for aircraft
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Conformal_fuel_tank
Device increasing the lift of the wing at low speed (take-off and landing)
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Leading-edge_slat
Airborne radio transponder
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Transponder_(aeronautics)
Aircraft control
dual sidestick operations, Airbus has designed a package of dual input indicators and audio warning. These operate when both side sticks are deflected simultaneously
Side-stick
Electronic flight control system
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Fly-by-wire
Heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings generating aerodynamic lift
The vertical speed indicator (VSI), or variometer, shows the rate at which the plane is climbing or descending. The heading indicator (HI), sometimes called
Fixed-wing_aircraft
External tanks used to carry extra fuel
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Drop_tank
Fuel container that automatically seals when punctured
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Self-sealing_fuel_tank
Tail section of an aircraft containing stabilisers
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Empennage
Load-bearing component of a framework
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Longeron
Aircraft rudder control interface
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Rudder_pedal
Aircraft component fixed to the end of the wings to improve performance
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Wingtip_device
Medium to transfer power in hydraulic machinery
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Hydraulic_fluid
Flight control surface
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Strake_(aeronautics)
Flight instrument which determines the aircraft's vertical velocity
of climb and descent indicator (RCDI), rate-of-climb indicator, vertical speed indicator (VSI), or vertical velocity indicator (VVI) – is one of the
Variometer
Failed 1967 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
The board made two major recommendations: install a telemetered heading indicator in the control room, visible to the flight controller; and medically
X-15_Flight_3-65-97
Structure on an aircraft made to reduce drag
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Aircraft_fairing
Aircraft tail that incorporates rudder and elevators in a V shape
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V-tail
Fully movable aircraft stabilizer
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Stabilator
Method of slowing an aircraft
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Dive_brake
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Dual_control_(aviation)
Supersonic aircraft component
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Inlet_cone
Small lifting surface of a fixed-wing aircraft
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Tailplane
Mechanical device in an aircraft cockpit to warn the pilot of an imminent stall
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Stick_shaker
Aircraft engine fairing
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NACA_cowling
Aircraft control surface used to control pitch
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Elevator_(aeronautics)
Emergency throttle setting on military aircraft
fuel flow to the afterburners. When this mode was selected, an orange indicator light would illuminate over the engine RPM gauges. Each use was to be
War_emergency_power
Aircraft component
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Passenger_service_unit
Small room on an aircraft with a toilet and sink
towels Soap dispenser Toilet paper dispenser or linens Paper cup dispenser Indicator on door that illuminates to indicate lavatory occupied or vacant Toiletries
Aircraft_lavatory
Actuator operated electrically
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Electro-hydraulic_actuator
Flight control surface meant to increase drag
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Air_brake_(aeronautics)
Electronic flight instrument system
instruments, such as the attitude indicator, airspeed indicator, altimeter, heading indicator, and course deviation indicator. A small map called the "inset
Garmin_G1000
Aircraft configuration in which a small wing is placed in front of the main wing
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Canard_(aeronautics)
Computer used for engine control in aerospace engineering
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FADEC
Early system for lateral control of a fixed-wing aircraft
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Wing_warping
Parachute for high speed deployment
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Drogue_parachute
Aerodynamic device
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Vortex_generator
Aircraft crew escape system
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Escape_crew_capsule
Device to reduce yaw oscillations in aircraft
original (PDF) on 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2020-06-29. "VC10 Triple Yaw Damper Indicator". rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June
Yaw_damper
Type of jet engine air intake
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Diverterless_supersonic_inlet
Boat or aircraft component
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Trim_tab
Vehicle or machine that can fly by gaining support from the air
increase drag and descent rate during landing, to keep aircraft heading same as runway heading during cross-wind landings and during flight with asymmetric
Aircraft
Airplane system
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Autobrake
Rear edge of an aerodynamic surface
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Trailing_edge
Aerodynamic device
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Stall_strips
Aircraft cockpit control
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Centre_stick
Aircraft control surface that combines the functions of both flaps and ailerons
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Flaperon
Wing surface area adjuster, typically for shortening take-off and landing
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High-lift_device
Avionics system to avoid aircraft collision
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Airborne collision avoidance system
Airborne_collision_avoidance_system
Electronic systems used on aircraft
takeoff. The first simple commercial auto-pilots were used to control heading and altitude and had limited authority on things like thrust and flight
Avionics
Civil aviation regulations for flight on instruments
flight in addition to those that are required for VFR flight are: heading indicator, sensitive altimeter adjustable for barometric pressure, clock with
Instrument_flight_rules
Aircraft cockpit with electronic displays
tube (CRT) displays were to be used for the attitude indicator and horizontal situation indicator (HSI). However, the 2707 was cancelled in 1971 after
Glass_cockpit
Externally mounted aircraft sensors for measuring outside air
Flow Direction Sensors Wind-Tunnel Calibration of a Combined Pitot-Static Tube and Vane-Type Flow-Angularity Indicator at Mach Numbers of 1.61 and 2.01
Air_data_boom
Aircraft undercarriage
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Tricycle_landing_gear
– Gyrodyne – Gyro gunsight Hard deck – Hard landing – Hardstand – Heading indicator – Head-up display (HUD) – Hold (aviation) – History of aviation –
Index_of_aviation_articles
Avionics component
airspeed. In Airbus aircraft the air data computer is combined with attitude, heading and navigation sources in a single unit known as the Air Data Inertial
Air_data_computer
Aviation instruments
The variometer, also known as the vertical speed indicator (VSI) or the vertical velocity indicator (VVI), is the pitot–static instrument used to determine
Pitot–static_system
Mechanism that locks control surfaces
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Gust_lock
Emergency aircraft escape system
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Ejection_seat
Anti-stall control surface on aircraft
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Leading-edge_extension
Mechanical structure of an aircraft
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Airframe
Control surface for fluid-dynamic steering in the yaw axis
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Rudder
Aerodynamic device
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Krueger_flap
Aircraft component
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Vertical_stabilizer
Safe container for flammable fluids, e.g., for a vehicle or oil heater
the tank are addressed - such as where the outlet, drain, fluid level indicator, seams, and baffles go. Then the craftsmen must determine the thickness
Fuel_tank
Type of vertical tails on aircraft
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Twin_tail
Device on aircraft control surface
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Servo_tab
Fixed aerodynamic dividers attached to aircraft wings to prevent their stalling
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Wing_fence
Aircraft system which maintains internal pressurization, climate, air supply, and more
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Environmental_control_system
Type of shock absorbing landing gear strut on aircraft
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Oleo_strut
How aircraft are controlled
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Aircraft flight control system
Aircraft_flight_control_system
Space that is empty of matter
Autovac fuel pumps. Some aircraft instruments (Attitude Indicator (AI) and the Heading Indicator (HI)) are typically vacuum-powered, as protection against
Vacuum
Structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression
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Strut
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Healing in northeastern Lincolnshire, named in Old English as ‘(settlement of) the family or followers of Hægel’ (an unattested Old English personal name).English : variant of Hillian.German and Dutch : nickname from Middle Low German hellin, Middle Dutch hellinc, hallinc ‘halfpenny’. Compare Helbling.German : habitational name from any of various places named Helling or Hellingen.
Surname or Lastname
English (Avon)
English (Avon) : unexplained; possibly a variant of Melling.
Surname or Lastname
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from Middle High German hærinc ‘herring’, German Hering, a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a herring or a metonymic occupational name for a fish seller. In some cases the Jewish surname is ornamental.English : variant spelling of Herring.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from a form of the Old English surname Hearding, from heard, HARDING means "brave, hardy, strong."
Male
Scandinavian
Pet form of Scandinavian Henrik, HENNING means "home-ruler."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name C̄ting, a derivative of C̄ta (see Kite).Irish (of Norman origin) : Americanized form of Céitinn, a Gaelicized form of de Ketyng (probably a habitational name), which was taken to southern Ireland by Anglo-Norman settlers.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Leeming.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish
English (mainly southern England and South Wales) and Irish : from the Old English personal name Hearding, originally a patronymic from Hard 1. The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.North German and Dutch : patronymic from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the U.S., was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father’s side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Merciful; Patience
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; perhaps an altered form of Eddings.
Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : variant spelling of Hemming.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Dutch, and German
English, Scottish, Dutch, and German : metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish, Middle English hering, Dutch haring, Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle, something of little value, a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’, i.e. not to like something at all.German : habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia.Dutch : from a personal name, a derivative of a Germanic compound name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant spelling of Hering.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Male
Scandinavian
Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse hamr, HEMMING means "shape." The name may have originated as a byname for a "shape-shifter" or "werewolf."
Surname or Lastname
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight)
English (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) : habitational name from a place on the Isle of Wight named Brading, from Old English brerd ‘hillside’ + -ingas ‘dwellers at’, i.e. ‘(settlement of) the dwellers on the hillside’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. Probably a respelling of Irish Hearon.Possibly also an altered form of German Haering (see Hering).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Holden.
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Ending and the New Beginning
Boy/Male
Polish
Good/famous.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Adolphus, ADOLPHO means "noble wolf."
Boy/Male
French Latin
A squire.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Long Life
Girl/Female
Tamil
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord of the Mountains
Male
Czechoslovakian
, attendant (for a temple).
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Name of a Sahabiyyah RA
Boy/Male
Australian, Gaelic, Irish
Hollow in the Hill
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
HEADING INDICATOR
a.
Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
n.
Pulsation; throbbing; as, the beating of the heart.
n.
The act or power of perceiving sound; perception of sound; the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived; as, my hearing is good.
a.
Practicing plain dealing; artless. See Plain dealing, under Dealing.
a.
Lending aid, helping.
a. & adv.
With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
a.
Having the power or property of healing itself.
n.
The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.
a.
Bending or leaning backward.
a.
That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.
n.
Attention to what is delivered; opportunity to be heard; audience; as, I could not obtain a hearing.
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
a.
Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words.
n.
That which stands at the head; title; as, the heading of a paper.
a.
Guiding; directing; controlling; foremost; as, a leading motive; a leading man; a leading example.