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Airport Advisory Area
An area within 10 statute miles (SM) of an airport where a control tower is not operating, but where a flight service station (FSS) is located. At these locations, the FSS provides advisory service to arriving and departing aircraft.
AGTP
Aircraft Gas Turbine Powerplants
ADDS
Aviation Digital Data Service
Hold short
Do not enter or cross the taxiway or runway specified by the controller. If there is a painted hold line, do not cross it.
Propeller Anti-icers:
Ice often forms on the propeller before it is visible on the wing. Props are treated with deicing fluid applied by slinger rings on the prop hub or with electrically heated elements on the leading edges.
VFR
Visual Flight Rules we fly under Visual Flight Rules
Spatial Disorientation
Spatial disorientation is an erroneous sense or mistaken perception of one's position and motion relative to the earth.
Tail Stall
The horizontal stabilizer balances the tendency of the nose to pitch down by generating downward lift on the tail of the aircraft. When the tail stalls, this downward force is lessened or removed, and the nose of the airplane can severely pitch down.
Weeping wing
Deicing systems pump fluid from a reservoir through a mesh screen embedded in the leading edges of the wings and tail. depend on airflow as well, and if the primary air intake ices, an alternate air door either opens automatically
Structural Ice
Pressure on the elevator may help to reattach airflow to the aileron. How quickly a surface collects ice depends in part on its shape. Thin, modern wings will be more critical with ice on them than thick, older wing sections.
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