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windsock
- Definição1
- Traditional fabric sleeve hung from mast to give rough indication of local wind strength/direction; also called wind sleeve, wind cone.
- Fonte1
- GUNSTON, Bill. The cambridge aerospace dictionary. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2004. vii, 740 p. (Cambridge aerospace series.)
- Definição2
- Device used to indicate the direction of the wind, consisting of a tapered fabric sleeve shaped like a truncated cone whose base contains a metal ring which can swing around a mast.
- Fonte2
- WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. International meteorological vocabulary. 2nd ed. Geneva, 1992. (WMO, n.182). Disponível em: < https://library.wmo.int/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=220#.XeauGOhKiUk >. Acesso em: 15 mar. 2021.
- Fonte3
- AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 15 mar. 2021.
- Nota adicional1
- Since the air enters the fixed end, the small end of the cone points away from the wind.
- Contexto
- If a pilot is flying alone into a confined area with no wind sock or access to a current wind report, should that pilot pick an approach path based on the direction of wind information received from an earlier weather brief?
- Subárea1
- Air Navigation Aids
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