| burn acceleration |
brn acceleration |
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| C of R |
Certificate of Registration |
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| Canada Air Pilot |
A document in which the Minister may establish standard procedures for air operations at specific aerodromes |
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| Canada Flight Supplement |
A joint civil/military publication, containing information on aerodromes, that is used as a reference for the planning and safe conduct of air operations. This document is issued every 56 days. |
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| Canada Water Aerodrome Supplement |
A joint civil/military publication concerning water aerodromes that is intended to be used to supplement en route charts and the Canada Air Pilot (CAP) This document is issued once a year. |
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| Canadian aircraft |
An aircraft registered in Canada |
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| Canadian aviation document |
Any licence, permit, accreditation, certificate or other document issued by the Minister under Part I of the Aeronautics Act to or with respect to any person, or in respect of any aeronautical product, aerodrome, facility or service |
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| Canadian Aviation Regulations |
The rules, enacted under the Aeoronautics Act, that govern civil aviation in Canada. Replacing the Air Regulations and the Air Navigation Orders, the CARs and their associated standards came into force on October 10,1996, after a comprehensive consultation process between Transport Canada and the aviation community. This co-operative and partnership approach to rule-making continues within the Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC) which discusses proposed amendments to the CARs and their associated standards. |
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| Canadian Domestic Airspace |
As geographically delineated in the Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH) all airspace over the Canadian land mass, the Canadian Arctic and the Canadian archipelago, and over areas of the high seas |
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| Canadian minimum navigation performance specifications |
Specifications relating to the navigation performance capability of aircraft operating in a specified portion of the Canadian Domestic Airspace (CDA) To comply with CMNPS, navigation performance must be such that: (a) the standard deviation of lateral track deviations is less than 6.3 NM; (b) the proportion of total flight time spent by aircraft 30 NM or more off the cleared track is less than 5.3 X 10 4 (i.e. less than 1 hr in about 2000 flight hours) and (c) the proportion of total flight time spent by aircraft at or between 50 and 70 NM off the cleared track is less than 13 X 10 5 (i.e. less than 1 hr in about 8000 flight hours) |
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| Canadian Runway Friction Index |
The average of the runway friction as measured by a mechanical or electronic decelerometer and reported through the Aircraft Movement Surface Condition Report |
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| CANPASS |
The expression used to denote a Canada Border Services Agency program for the telephone clearance of travellers on a Canadian- or U.S.-registered private aircraft, company aircraft, or small charter aircraft carrying no more than 15 passengers and arriving directly from the U.S. |
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| catalogue |
"you flew over the Arctic to catalogue Russian missile bases?" |
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| cautionary |
With respect to wake turbulence, information transmitted to an aircraft on one of the following: (a) the possible location of wake turbulence; or (b) the location of a heavy or medium aircraft behind which it will pass or follow |
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| CAVOK |
A term (pronounced "KAV-OH-KAY") derived from the words "ceiling and visibility OK," that may be used in air-ground communication when meteorological information is being transmitted to aircraft. CAVOK refers to the simultaneous occurrence, at an airport, of the following meteorological conditions: (a) no cloud below 5000 ft, or below the highest minimum sector altitude (MSA) whichever is higher, and no cumulonimbus; (b) a visibility of 6 SM or more; and (c) no precipitation, thunderstorm, shallow fog or drifting snow. |
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| ceiling |
The lesser of: (a) the height above ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of cloud covering more than half the sky; or (b) the vertical visibility in a surface-based layer which completely obscures the sky |
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| ceiling |
The height above the ground or water of the base of the lowest layer of cloud below 6000 m (20 000 ft) covering more than half the sky |
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| ceiling |
The heights above the earth's surface of the lowest layer of clouds or obscuring phenomena that is reported as "broken," "overcast," or "obscuration," and not classified as "thin" or "partial." |
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| Center Weather Advisory |
An unscheduled weather advisory issued by Center Weather Service Unit meteorologists for ATC use to alert pilots of existing or anticipated adverse weather conditions within the next 2 hours. A CWA may modify or redefine a SIGMET. |
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| Central Altitude Reservation Function |
The service provided by the altitude reservation East (Gander) and the altitude reservation West (Edmonton) in coordination with area control centres (ACC) in providing reserved altitude for specified air operations in controlled airspace, and in providing information concerning these reservations and military activity areas in controlled and uncontrolled airspace |
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