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saunter Air-intercept code: “Fly for best endurance”.
sausage 1 Kite balloon (colloq., arch.).
2 According to one authority, a windsock.
saumon Salmon (F).
Sauter mean diameter Diameter of droplet having same
surface : volume ratio as an entire liquid spray, measured
in µ.
SAvA Society of Aviation Artists (UK, 1953–).
SAVAC Simulates, analyses, visualizes activated
circuitry (Chrysler/USAF).
Savasi Simplified abbreviated Vasi.
save 1 Rescue of a downed pilot, esp. behind hostile
lines.
2 A landing made at the scheduled destination in conditions
that threatened a diversion.
save-list item Item of equipment to be salvaged from
aircraft at ‘boneyard’ site.
SAVR Strapdown attitude/velocity reference.
SAW 1 Surface acoustic wave; / CAD adds chemicalagent
detection.
2 Society of Aviation Writers (several countries).
3 Submerged-arc welding.
4 Special Air Warfare (USAF).
sawcut Chordwise slot in leading edge of aerofoil to
promote chordwise flow, energize boundary layer or serve
other aerodynamic function.
SAWE 1 Society of Allied [previously Aeronautical]
Weight Engineers [office, Los Angeles, CA90060] (US).
2 Simulated area-weapons effects; can have suffixes
NBC or RF.
SAWHQ Shape alternative war HQ.
SAWOS Semi-automatic weather observation system.
SAWRS Supplementary, or supplemental, aviation
weather-reporting station (NOAA).
SAWS Satellite, or silent, attack warning system.
SAWSS Shipboard aircraft weight subsystem.
sawtooth 1 Voltage or timebase which when plotted has
appearance of saw edge with series of linear-rate climbs
and near-vertical descents.
2 See dogtooth.
3 Flight profile of motor-glider.
sawtooth nozzle Propulsive nozzle of jet engine,
especially turbofan fan duct and/or core, terminating in a
zig-zag edge. This typically gices c3 dB reduction in
takeoff noise. Also called sawtooth mixer.
say again Please repeat last bit of message.
Saybolt Standard tests for viscosity of liquid, esp. lubricating
oil, in which sample heated to known temperature
is poured through calibrated orifice and time in seconds
recorded for 60 ml (cm 3 ); hence SUS.
SB 1 Service bulletin.
2 Sideband.
3 Scrieve board.
4 Sonic boom.
5 Speedbrake(s).
6 Scout Bomber (USN aircraft category 1934-46).
7 Snow began, followed by time.
8 Southbound.
9 Spot beam.
10 Side of body (casting).
sb Stilb[s].
s/b Stand-by.
SBA 1 Standard beam approach, pioneer electronic
SBTT
landing aid providing lateral (azimuth) and distance
(marker-beacon) guidance; led to ILS.
2 Small Business Administration (US, from 1953).
3 Smaller Businesses Association (US, from 1953).
4 Spot-beam antenna.
5 Serial-bus analyser.
6 Space-based assets.
7 Stategic brigade airdrop.
SBAC The Society of British Aerospace Companies
[previously, 1916-70, The Society of British Aircraft
Constructors; office, London SE1 7SP] (UK).
SBAMS Sea-based air master study.
SBB Single-beam blanking.
SBC 1 Senate Budget Committee (US).
2 Single-board computer.
3 Sonic-Boom Committee (ICAO).
4 Small bayonet cap.
SB-comp Service-bulletin computerization.
SBD 1 Schematic block diagram.
2 Short-burst data.
SBE Single-bit error.
SBF Svenska Ballong Federationen (Sweden).
SBG Stand-by gyro.
SBGS Sonic-boom ground signature.
SBH Support by the hour.
SBHN Solar-blade heliogyro nanosat.
SBI Space-based interceptor, for disabling hostile BV,
PBV, RV, Asat, etc (SDI).
SBIR Small-business innovation, or innovative,
research.
SBIRS Space-based IR system; HP adds Hi-Program, L
adds Low [replaced by STSS].
SBJ Supersonic business jet.
SBKEWS Space-based kinetic-energy weapon system.
SBKKV Space-based kinetic-kill vehicle.
SBL 1 Space-based laser; BMD adds ballistic-missile
defense.
2 Scanned-beam laminography.
SBM 1 Space battle management.
2 Sinter-bonded mesh.
3 Scheduled base maintenance (DARA).
SBMC3, SBMC 3 SBM(1) Command, control and
communications.
SBMCS Sea-based mid-course system [ballistic-missile
defence].
SBN Strontium barium niobate.
SBNPB Space-based neutral-particle beam.
SBO 1 Sideband[s] only.
2 Specific behavioural objective.
3 Split-based operation[s].
SBR 1 Space-based radar.
2 Signal-to-backround ratio.
SBRA Smart bomb release assembly.
SBS 1 Smart/small/space-based bomb system.
2 Satellite business systems.
3 Self-contained booster stage.
SBSS 1 Standard-base supply system (USAF).
2 Space-based soldier system (USA).
3 Space-based surveillance system, or space-based
space surveillance [of satellites and debris] (USAF).
SBT Self-briefing terminal.
SBTC Sino-British Trade Council.
SBTDS Sea-based terminal-defence system (USN).
SBTT Single-belly twin-tandem.
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