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Terms for subject Aviation (1895 entries)

landing	In respect of an aircraft, the act of coming into contact with a supporting surface and the immediately preceding and following acts
landing	In respect of an airship or free balloon, the act of bringing the airship or balloon under restraint and the immediately preceding and following acts
landing area	The part of a movement area intended for the landing or takeoff of aircraft
landing distance available	The length of runway that is declared available and suitable for the ground run of an aircraft landing
ldg gr	landing gear
lg	landing gear
landing minimums	The minimums prescribed for landing a civil aircraft while using an instrument approach procedure
landing roll	The distance from the touchdown point to the point where the aircraft can be brought to a stop or exit the runway
landing run	The distance from the touchdown point to the point where the aircraft can be brought to a stop or exit the runway
landing sequence	The order in which aircraft are positioned for landing
last assigned altitude	The last altitude or flight level (FL) assigned by ATC and acknowledged by the pilot
lateral navigation	An RNAV function that calculates, displays and provides horizontal approach navigation without approved vertical guidance. " see also: approach procedure with vertical guidance (APV) barometric vertical navigation (baro-VNAV) localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) localizer performance without vertical guidance (LP) and vertical navigation
lateral navigation	A function of area navigation (RNAV) equipment that calculates, displays and provides lateral guidance to a profile or path
lateral navigation/vertical navigation	A navigation system that presents to the pilot computed vertical guidance referenced to a specified vertical path angle (VPA) nominally 3°. The computer-resolved vertical guidance is based on barometric altitude and is specified as a VPA from reference datum height (RDH)
lateral separation	Separation between aircraft at the same altitude expressed in terms of distance or angular displacement between tracks
ldg gr	landing gear
ldr	leader
lead pursuit attack	An attack geometry that will cause the attacker to fly in front of the target
lead turn	A turn which is initiated prior to passing the opponents 3/9 line
ldr	leader