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Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space | | French term or phrase: fiche de percées | | Occurs in a list of things to be printed out by the aircraft's software. The whole sentence is **fiches d'approches ou de percées**. "Approche" is obvious enough, but what is the correct aviation term for "percée"? |
|  chris collisterKudoZ activityQuestions: 94 ( 1 open) ( 3 without valid answers) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 895
France
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| | approach through 8/8 cloud layer or without any visibility of the ground | Explanation:
this is when we have to go through the cloud layer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR - Traduire cette page
It is highly standardized through International Civil Aviation Organization .... cloud layer at 300 ft (91 m) above ground level (AGL) and an overcast (8/8 of the sky ...
aviation-safety.net › Database › 1960
... Viking approached Tarbes in poor visibility conditions: visibility 2km and cloud 8/8 ... Immediately thereafter the runway became visible and the approach was ...
METAR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR - Traduire cette page
It is highly standardized through International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), .... cloud layer at 300 ft (91 m) above ground level (AGL) and an overcast (8/8 of the sky covered) layer at 1000 ft (300 m). ... APCH, approach, APRNT, apparent ...
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Note added at 53 minutes (2012-02-02 09:44:40 GMT)
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So this would be the approach data sheet in case of 8/8 overcast
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Note added at 2 heures (2012-02-02 11:06:25 GMT)
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8/8 overcast approach data sheets
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Note added at 2 heures (2012-02-02 11:11:08 GMT)
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There may be a more concise term Chris, but I can't find it. |
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Drmanu49
Local time: 17:52
| Grading comment Thanks. I went for 8/8 overcast approach data sheets as the most compact version!
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Reference information:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:sPD9zWnXQqcJ:airi...
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Note added at 16 mins (2012-02-02 09:08:01 GMT)
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route?
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Note added at 18 mins (2012-02-02 09:09:48 GMT)
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approach points
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Note added at 21 mins (2012-02-02 09:13:04 GMT)
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this is useful too
http://stoenworks.com/Tutorials/ILS Approaches.html
| liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 19
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| Note to reference poster
Asker: Thanks Liz. It seems it's an "approach plate", but then what's the "fiche d'approche"? Or are they the same thing?
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| Feb 7 - Changes made by Drmanu49: | | Edited KOG entry | chris collister's old entry - "fiche de percées" => "8/8 overcast approach data sheets" |
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