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GPWS
- Usado para
- ground proximity warning system
- Definição1
- A system designed to determine an aircraft's clearance above the Earth and provides limited predictability about aircraft position relative to rising terrain.
- Fonte1
- FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. Pilot's handbook of aeronautical knowledge. [s.l.], 2008. Disponível em http:// www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals /aviation/pilot_handbook/media/PHAK %20-%20Cover-Preface.pdf. Acesso em: 26 jun.
- Fonte2
- AGÊNCIA NACIONAL DE AVIAÇÃO CIVIL. Glossário do Núcleo de Letras e Proficiência Linguística. [Rio de Janeiro], [200-].
- Fonte3
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 6 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: operation of aircraft: Part II: international general aviation: aeroplanes. 8th ed. Montreal, 2014. (Annex 6).
- Contexto
- All piston-engined aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass in excess of 5 700 kg or authorized to carry more than nine passengers should be equipped with a ground proximity warning system which has a forward-looking terrain avoidance function.
- Português
- sistema de alerta de aproximação com o solo