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AIRPORT ATTENDANT

Specialty Definition: AIRPORT ATTENDANT

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Occupations

Performs any combination of following duties in maintenance of small airports and in servicing aircraft: Periodically inspects buildings and hangars to detect fire hazards and violations of airport regulations. Examines firefighting equipment to detect malfunctions and fills depleted fire extinguishers. Performs necessary minor repairs to fire trucks and tractors. Fills light bombs with kerosene and positions bombs on landing field to illuminate danger areas. Cleans, fills, and lights smokepots used to indicate wind direction, and repairs or replaces windsock and other wind indicating devices. Replaces defective bulbs or burnt-out fuses in lighting equipment, such as landing lights and boundary lights. Fills holes and levels low places and bumps in runways and taxiing areas. Cuts grass on airport grounds [LABORER, AIRPORT MAINTENANCE (air trans.)]. Patrols airfield to ensure security of aircraft and facilities. Verifies and reports specified amount of gasoline and oil supplies. Blocks and stakes down airplanes. Records airport data, such as number of planes stored in hangars, plane landings and departures, and number of passengers carried on planes. May wash and clean cabins and exterior surfaces of airplanes. May fill airplane tanks with gasoline and oil [LINE-SERVICE ATTENDANT (air trans.)]. May be required to possess Red Cross first-aid certificate to render emergency treatment to victims. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: AIRPORT ATTENDANT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-e-i-n-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-t-t"

-4 letters: antipredator.

-5 letters: retardation, trepanation.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: AIRPORT ATTENDANT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 49 52 50 4F 52 54      41 54 54 45 4E 44 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001001 01010010 01010000 01001111 01010010 01010100 00100000 01000001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01001110 01000100 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#73 &#82 &#80 &#79 &#82 &#84 &#32 &#65 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#68 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0049 0052 0050 004F 0052 0054      0041 0054 0054 0045 004E 0044 0041 004E 0054

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

354352504952542355454394838354854

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INDEX

1. Anagrams
2. Orthography
3. Bibliography


  

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