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LANDING WIRES
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Interplane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is on the ground. Direction of travel is downward and outward from the fuselage. Opposite of Flying wires.
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LIFT
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The force exerted on the top of a moving airfoil as a low-pressure area that causes a wingform to rise.
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LIFT WIRES
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Inter-plane bracing wires that help support wingloads when the plane is in flight. Direction of travel is upward from the bottom of the fuselage to the top of the interplane struts.
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LAT
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Latitude.
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LOCATOR
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Medium-frequency non-directional radio beacon used as an aid to establishing yourself on final approach during an instrument landing procedure. Also
LOM, locator outer marker.
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LON(g)
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Longitude
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MAYDAY
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International radio distress call (from the French, m'aidez -- help me). It signifies imminent danger to life requiring immediate assistance.
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MDA
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Minimum descent altitude. The lowest altitude, in feet
amsl, to which descent is authorised on final approach during a non-precision instrument landing (i.e. where no glideslope guidance is given) without visual reference to the runway.
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MET
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Meteorology, weather.
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MHz
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Megahertz, the frequency of radio carrier waves measured in millions of cycles per second.
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MLS
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Microwave landing system. A microwave-based instrument approach system intended to replace ILS in the 1990s and claimed to offer a number of advantages such as the ability to fly segmented and curved precision approaches.
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MSL
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Mean Sea Level. The average height of the surface of the sea for all stages of tide; used as a reference for elevations, and differentiated from
AGL.
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