Meaning Artificial Horizon
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A horizon produced by bubble, gyro or mercury trough to allow measurement of altitude of celestial bodies.
Source: digimap.edina.ac.uk

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An instrument which enables a pilot to determine the attitude of the aircraft in relation to the horizon, i.e. whether the aircraft is nose-up, nose-down, or banking left or right.
Source: avjobs.com

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An aid to taking as astronomical sight with a sextant when the sea horizon is obscured through haze, fog, or darkness.
Source: caribbean-pirates.com

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An aid to taking as astronomical sight with a sextant when the sea horizon is obscured through haze, fog, or darkness.
Source: marinewaypoints.com

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An instrument that enables a pilot to determine the attitude of the aircraft in relation to the horizon, i.e. whether the aircraft is nose-up, nose-down or banking left or right.
Source: airlines.org (offline)

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or Attitude Indicator, an instrument symbolizing the aircraft in the center, and the background controlled by a gyro.
Source: niquette.com (offline)

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(aviation) An instrument that displays the pitch and roll of an aircraft in flight by comparing its attitude to a gyroscopically-maintained indication of the flat horizon line.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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