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mayday
- Definição1
- The international call for help, used with voice radio transmission. The term "mayday" comes from the French word m'aidez (help me), pronounced "mayday" in English. Mayday is used in voice transmission in the same way the letters SOS are used in code transmission.
- Fonte1
- CRANE, Dale (ed.). Dictionary of aeronautical terms. 2nd ed. Renton: ASA, 1991.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Report of the council to the assembly on the activities of the organization in 1954: supporting documentation for the 9th session of the assembly. Montreal, 1955. (Doc. 7564 A9 P/2).
- Contexto
- At the time of writing, States were being consulted on proposals for the further amend (cid:173) ment of the Annex, affecting Part III and concerning the reduction of the minimum period for retention o f automatic telecommunication logs from 3.0 to 15 days , the substitution of "SOS " for "MAYDAY " as the distress signal in Radiotelephony.
- Subárea
- Search and Rescue
- Français
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