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heading indicator

flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the aircraft's heading
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heading indicator

Summary

heading indicator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • heading indicator is a type of flight monitoring device[2].
  • heading indicator is a type of gyroscope[3].
  • heading indicator's Commons category is recorded as Horizontal situation indicators[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include flight monitoring device[2] and gyroscope[3].

Why It Matters

heading indicator ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (198 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). heading indicator. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/heading-indicator
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_heading-indicator_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{heading indicator}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/heading-indicator}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 14h ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → flight monitoring device, gyroscope
    Aliases → —
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