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Compass Community Services — Compass Community Services, now known as Compass Family Services, is a non profit organization in San Francisco, California that provides a wide variety of support services to homeless and extremely low income families. Through the work of their… … Wikipedia
Compass Centre — The Compass Centre, when it was a British Airways facility Compass Centre is an office building on the grounds of London Heathrow Airport in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The building serves as BAA Limited s head office … Wikipedia
compass locator — A low or medium frequency nondirectional beacon co located with middle or outer marker beacons to help establish the pilot on the localizer for an ILS (instrument landing system) approach. Such locators have a power output of less than 25 watts… … Aviation dictionary
no-gyro approach/vector — A radar approach or vector provided in case of a malfunctioning gyro compass or directional gyro. The controller observes the radar tracks and asks the pilot to turn left or right and to stop turning to correct the aircraft’s track over the… … Aviation dictionary
Classical compass winds — The Tower of the Winds in Athens Classical compass winds refers to the naming and association of winds in Mediterranean classical antiquity (Ancient Greece and Rome) with the points of geographic direction and orientation. Ancient wind roses… … Wikipedia
The Compass of Zen — … Wikipedia
The Golden Compass (film) — The Golden Compass Theatrical release poster Directed by Chris Weitz Produced by … Wikipedia
Operation Compass — Part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II Italian soldiers taken prisoner during Operation Compass … Wikipedia
Instrument approach — Terminal procedures for an ILS approach in the United States. (The disclaimers shown in red in the illustration do not appear on the original approach plate.) For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules (IFR), an instrument approach or… … Wikipedia
Death and the Compass — For the film adaptation by Alex Cox, see Death and the Compass (film). Death and the Compass Author Jorge Luis Borges Original title La muerte y la brújula Country Argentina Langua … Wikipedia
