angielski - semestr 4, test 1

transmission

spoken message sent over the radio

congestion

a situation when too many people are using the system

capacity

the maximum that a person or system can deal with

frequency

a wavelength that is used for radio communication

sequence

the correct order

heads-down time

time spent on reading or writing

built-in-limits

point that pilot cannot go pass

override

the ability to reject or cancel an automatic function of a machine

environment

a place that uses a particular type of system

fly-by-wire

flight control system in which the movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals. The flight control computers determine how to move each control surface to provide the ordered response

a display

a monitor screen or a panel of an instrument or an indicator

flight envelope

the set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively

datalink

system that allows routine air traffic instructions and requests to be sent as text messages

a stall

a situation in which an aircraft loses lift and goes steeply downwards

to pull up

to lift the aircraft

to retract

to move back into the main part of something; to pull something back into the main part of something

thrust

the force which moves an aircraft through the air which is used to overcome the drag of an airplane

attitude

the angle of pitching

to enter a holding pattern

to start the route that a plane travels while it is flying above an airport waiting for permission to land

to shut down

to turn off

Mayday

an international radio signal used by ships and aircraft needing help when they are in danger

clearance

official permission that is given to somebody before they can work somewhere

to descend

to decrease altitude

heading

the direction the aircraft is pointed in

pulley

a wheel or set of wheels over which a rope or chain is pulled in order to lift or lower heavy objects

abort

przerwać (np procedurę lądowania)

aft hold

tylna ładownia

to alert

ostrzegać

to ban

zakazywać

bound for

wysyłany do

to break out

uciec

to burst

rozerwać

cargo handler

pracownik przeładunkowy

cargo hold

ładownia

cargo net

siatka przegradzająca ładunki

to chase

gonić

to collapse

złożyć się (o podwoziu)

concourse

hala

crack

pęknięcie

to detect

wykryć

to dump fuel

zrzucić paliwo

engine ingestion

zassanie ptaka przez silnik

fore hold

ładownia przednia

fork-lift truck (CB truck)

wózek widłowy

grass margin

oddzielający pas zieleni

ground crew

pracownicy naziemni (np. między pasem startowym a drogą kołowania)

hinge

zawias

injured

ranny

detector

wykrywacz

overhead locker

schowek na bagaż podręczny (w samolocie)

perimeter fence

ogrodzenie

to scratch

zadrapać

sensor

czujnik

to shut down

wyłączyć

to skid

ślizgać się

slot

miejsce w harmonogramie (np. startów i lądowań na lotniskach komunikacyjnych)

sniffer dog

pies poszukujący (policyjny

to spot

zauważyć

to strike

uderzyć

trap

pułapka

windshield

przednia szyba

to trip up

potknąć się

hose

wąż gumowy

to short landing

przerwać lądowanie

to go around

przejść na drugi krąg

attempt

próba

landing gear

podwozie

turboprop

samolot turbośmigłowy

nose gear collapsed

złożyło sie przednie podwozie

trapped

złapany w sidla

bulkhead

przegroda