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Aviation Dictionary

Reference:

1 Airplane Flying Handbook
2 Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
3 Instrument Procedures Handbook
4 Risk Management Handbook
5 Aviation Instructor Handbook
6 Seaplane Handbook
7 Balloon Handbook
8 Aeronautical Information Manual
9 Airplane Flying Handbook
10 Pilot Controller Glossary
11 Glider Handbook

K

Katabatic

12 Used to describe any wind blowing down slope.

KIAS

2 Knots indicated airspeed.

5 Knots indicated airspeed.

Kinesthesia

1 The sensing of movements by feel.

Kinetic energy

1 Amount of energy due to the airspeed, expressed as 1⁄2mV2 where m = airplane’s mass and V = airspeed.

12 Energy due to motion, defined as one half mass times velocity squared.

Knot

2 The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile (1.852 km) per hour, approximately 1.151 mph.

Knowledge

7 Information that humans are consciously aware of and can articulate.

Kollsman window

2 A barometric scale window of a sensitive altimeter used to adjust the altitude for the altimeter setting.

5 A barometric scale window of a sensitive altimeter used to adjust the altitude for the altimeter setting.