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Department of the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities (TIC) portfolio. Transport Canada is based in Ottawa, Ontario
A service consisting of the following:
(a) the dissemination of aviation weather information and aeronautical information for departure, destination and alternate aerodromes along a proposed route of flight;
(b) the dissemination of aviation weather information and aeronautical information to aircraft in flight;
(c) the acceptance, processing and activation of flight plans (FP) and flight itineraries, amendments to FPs and flight itineraries, and cancellations of FPs and flight itineraries;
(d) the exchange of FP information with domestic or foreign governments or agencies or foreign ATS units; and
(e) the provision of known information concerning ground and air traffic.
Industry:Aviation
Relative to the standard meridians of the time zones, the period of time that begins at the time specified by the Institute for National Measurement Standards of the National Research Council of Canada and ends at sunrise.
Note: Morning civil twilight begins in the morning when the centre of the sun's disc is 6 degrees below the horizon.
Industry:Aviation
Condition of being threatened by serious and/or imminent danger and of requiring immediate assistance. The spoken word for distress is MAYDAY, and it is pronounced three times.
Industry:Aviation
The provision and receipt by a flight information centre (FIC) of information pertinent to the en route phase of flight.
Industry:Aviation
A clearance covering the flight path of an aircraft after takeoff to the point at which an approach to land is expected to commence.
Industry:Aviation
(1) A departure from a current clearance, such as an off-course manoeuvre, to avoid weather or turbulence.
(2) The angular difference between magnetic and compass headings.
Industry:Aviation
Canada: Flight assistance and information provided by FSSs and flight information centres (FIC) for aviation safety. Flight services include pilot briefings, flight plan (FP) acceptance and processing, aerodrome advisories, inflight communications, relay of ATC clearances, assistance to aircraft in emergency situations, alerting and searches for VFR aircraft, direction finding (DF) assistance, NAVAID's monitoring, and issuance of NOTAM and surface weather observations.
Industry:Aviation
An autorotation manoeuvre that commences at an altitude well below the aerodrome traffic circuit and that is used primarily for tactical military training.
Industry:Aviation
The distance measured parallel to the course from the earliest position of the intermediate approach waypoint (IWP) at which the turn will be commenced.
Industry:Aviation
Any payment, consideration, gratuity or benefit directly or indirectly charged, demanded, received or collected by any person for the use of an aircraft.
Industry:Aviation
