- 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
A duty controller assigned to a precision radar approach control position.
Industry:Aviation
A flight path or route over which an aircraft is vectored. Navigational guidance and altitude assignments are provided by ATC.
Industry:Aviation
An expression used by ATS in the application of separation to indicate tracks that converge or diverge at an angle of 136° to 180° inclusive.
Industry:Aviation
The burning of fuel at the end of an exhaust pipe or stack of a reciprocating aircraft engine resulting from an excessive richness in the fuel/air mixture.
Industry:Aviation
An expression describing an inability to communicate by radio owing to the absence or failure of radio equipment.
Industry:Aviation
The area surrounding a non-directional beacon (NDB) within which the strength of the vertical field of the ground wave exceeds the minimum value specified for the geographical area in which the NDB is situated.
Industry:Aviation
A part of an ATC unit that has a designated area of responsibility (AOR) in which ATS are provided.
Industry:Aviation
(1) In respect of an aircraft other than an airship or a balloon, the act of leaving a supporting surface, including the take-off run and the acts immediately preceding and following the leaving of that surface.
(2) In respect of an airship or a balloon, the act of freeing the airship from restraint, including the acts immediately preceding and following the freeing of that airship or balloon from restraint.
Industry:Aviation
A part of a route, each end of which is identified by
(a) a continental or insular geographical location; or
(b) a point at which a definite radio fix can be established.
Industry:Aviation
