- Industry: Government
- Number of terms: 8785
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- Company Profile:
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
U.S.: A clearance issued to a departing IFR flight which authorises IFR flight to a specific fix short of the destination while ATC facilities are coordinating and obtaining the complete clearance.
Note: This procedure is not used in Canada.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: A continuous recording of meteorological and aeronautical information that is broadcast on L/MF and VOR facilities for pilots.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: A visual manoeuvre accomplished by a pilot at the completion of an instrument approach to permit a straight-in landing on a parallel runway not more than 1200 ft to either side of the runway to which the instrument approach was conducted.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participating VFR aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: Expression for: “Line up and wait...”
Note: Used in conjunction with a runway.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: Expression for: pilots' automatic telephone weather answering system (PATWAS)
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: Preliminary messages issued in order to alert users that a severe weather watch bulletin (WW) is being issued. These messages define areas of possible severe thunderstorms or tornado activity.
Industry:Aviation
U.S.: Type of Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that defines an area in which air travel is restricted due to a hazardous condition, a special event, or a general warning for the entire FAA airspace.
Industry:Aviation
An air show, low-level air race, aerobatic competition, fly-in or balloon festival.
Industry:Aviation
