- Industry: Government
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Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
The provision of, or consultation on, meteorological and aeronautical information to assist pilots in pre-flight planning.
Industry:Aviation
A radar system that detects objects by means of reflected radio signals.
Industry:Aviation
(1) The electromagnetic energy received after reflection from an object.
(2) The deflection or change of intensity produced by a radar echo on a cathode ray tube display.
Industry:Aviation
A radar system that requires complementary aircraft equipment (transponder). The transponder generates a coded reply signal in response to transmissions from the ground station (interrogator). Since this system relies on transponder-generated signals rather than signals reflected from the aircraft, as in primary surveillance radar, it offers significant operational advantages such as increased range and positive identification.
Industry:Aviation
An instrument approach procedure (IAP) conducted in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) by an aircraft not on an IFR clearance.
Industry:Aviation
The point at which an aircraft first makes contact with the landing surface
Industry:Aviation
A heading given by a controller to a pilot on the basis of radar-derived information to provide navigational guidance.
Industry:Aviation
An expression used in radiocommunications to instruct a pilot to taxi to a point situated 200 ft from the edge of the runway and to stop there.
Note: Used in conjunction with one or several taxiways.
Industry:Aviation
