pica

ro-verb

a pica (third-person singular present pichează, past participle picat) 1st conj.

a pica (canonical)
pichează (present singular third-person)
picat (participle past)
a pica (infinitive)
picând (gerund)
picat (participle past)
pichez (first-person indicative present singular)
pichezi (indicative present second-person singular)
pichează (indicative present singular third-person)
picăm (first-person indicative plural present)
picați (indicative plural present second-person)
pichează (indicative plural present third-person)
picam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
picai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pica (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
picam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
picați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
picau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
picai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
picași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
pică (indicative perfect singular third-person)
picarăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
picarăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
picară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
picasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
picaseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
picase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
picaserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
picaserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
picaseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să pichez (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să pichezi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să picheze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să picăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să picați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să picheze (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pichează (imperative second-person singular)
picați (imperative plural second-person)
nu pica (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu picați (imperative negative plural second-person)


protect

en-verb

protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)

protects (present singular third-person)
protecting (participle present)
protected (participle past)
protected (past)

Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).

affix

(travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.


core

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

(automotive, machinery, aviation, marine) A deposit paid by the purchaser of a rebuilt part, to be refunded on return of a used, rebuildable part, or the returned rebuildable part itself.


secondary

From Middle English secundarie, from Latin secundārius (“of the second class or quality”), from secundus (whence the English second) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary), equivalent to second + -ary; compare the French secondaire, the Italian secondario, the Occitan secundari, the Portuguese secundario, and the Spanish secundario.

der

English numerals#Ordinal numbers
secondary

(aviation) A radar return generated by the response of an aircraft's transponder to an interrogation signal broadcast by a radar installation, containing additional encoded identification and situational data not available from a simple primary return.


tally

(US)

(Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.

(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tally.


stagger

From Middle English stageren, stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”). Cognate with dialectal Danish stagre.

(aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.


yoke

From Middle English yok, yoke, ȝok from Old English ġeoc (“yoke”), from Proto-Germanic *juką (“yoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm (“yoke”), from *yewg- (“to join; to tie together, yoke”). Doublet of yuga, jugum, yoga and possibly yogh.
Senses 3.1 (“area of arable land”) and 3.2 (“amount of work done with draught animals”) probably referred to the area of land that could generally be ploughed by yoked draught animals within a given time.

poikkipuu

linking or supporting object that resembles a yoke

駕駛桿

device with crosspieces used to control an aircraft

iugum

unit of land area notionally equivalent to the area a team of yoked draft animals can work in a day

Senses relating to a frame around the neck.

Any of various linking or supporting objects that resembles a yoke (sense 1.1); a crosspiece, a curved bar, etc.

(aviation) Any of various devices with crosspieces used to control an aircraft; specifically, the control column.

(video games) A similar device used as a game controller.


stack

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stack.wav

From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”), which per Kroonen (arguing for the controversial Kluge's law) is from *stogʰ-nós, cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος (stokhos), but unclear whether he derives *stogʰ-nós from a Proto-Indo-European *stegʰ- (“pole; rod; stick; stake”). Per Pokorny et al., from PIE *(s)teg- (“stake, pole, rod, stick, beam”) and cognate with Latin tignum ("tree trunk, beam, log"), but not cognate with Ancient Greek στόχος.
The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra.
Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.

(aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.


stack

en-verb

stack (third-person singular simple present stacks, present participle stacking, simple past and past participle stacked)

stacks (present singular third-person)
stacking (participle present)
stacked (participle past)
stacked (past)

натрупвам

To place objects or material in the form of a stack

(aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.


TLC

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Toluca International Airport, which serves Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico.


lot

lot (nominative singular)
loty (nominative plural)
lotu (genitive singular)
lotów (genitive plural)
lotowi (dative singular)
lotom (dative plural)
lot (accusative singular)
loty (accusative plural)
lotem (instrumental singular)
lotami (instrumental plural)
locie (locative singular)
lotach (locative plural)
locie (singular vocative)
loty (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from lecieć. First attested in 1548–1551.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “lot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]


aircraft carrier

en-noun

aircraft carrier (plural aircraft carriers)

A warship designed to carry aircraft, serving as a seagoing air base, with a deck on which aircraft can be launched and landed.


flying

flying (countable and uncountable, plural flyings)

From Middle English flyinge, fleyng, fleyinge, fleynge, fleghyng, fleiʒeyng, flyeghynge, equivalent to fly + -ing. Cognate with Danish flyvning (“flying”), Swedish flygning (“flying”), Norwegian flyvning, flygning, flyging, flying (“flying”).

"Flyings" could vary considerably in complexity and lavishness and could involve an actor or property being either lifted from the stage into the flies above or vice versa. As Colin Visser has observed, flyings and sinkings are both "associated with supernatural manifestations of various kinds" […]

1993, John C. Greene, Gladys L. H. Clark, The Dublin Stage, 1720-1745, page 58:


parasite

/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/

/ˈpæɹəˌsaɪt/

/ˈpɛɹəˌsaɪt/

From Middle French parasite, from Latin parasitus, from Ancient Greek παράσιτος (parásitos, “person who eats at the table of another”), from noun use of adjective meaning "feeding beside", from παρά (pará, “beside”) + σῖτος (sîtos, “food”).

parasiet

(biology) organism that exists by stealing resources from another organism

[…] parasiting and aerial refueling as range-extension measures. Second, parasiting would be exorbitantly expensive, because each parasite bomber would need its own carrier. Two bombers could be serviced by a single tanker, however,[…]

2019 January 24, Michael E. Brown, Flying Blind: The Politics of the U.S. Strategic Bomber Program, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 170:

(aviation) A component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air-launched by a larger carrier aircraft or mother ship to support the primary mission of the carrier; a parasite aircraft.


avion

→ Bulgarian: авион (avion)

→ Catalan: avió

→ Esperanto: avio

→ Galician: avión

Haitian Creole: avyon

→ Luxembourgish: Avion

→ Macedonian: авион (avion)

Mauritian Creole: avyon

→ Occitan: avion

→ Portuguese: avião
→ Hunsrik: Aviong

→ Romanian: avion

→ Serbo-Croatian: avion

Seychellois Creole: avyon

→ Slovene: avion

desctree

→ Spanish: avión
→ Southeastern Tepehuan: abion
→ Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

Coined by French inventor and engineer Clément Ader for a patent application. From earlier Avion (1875), from Latin avis (“bird”) + -on, replacing earlier aéroplane after WWI.

coin

Regarde comme cet avion vole vite !

– Qu’est ce que c’est que cette chose-là? – Ce n’est pas une chose. Ça vole. C’est un avion. C’est mon avion. Et j’étais fier de lui apprendre que je volais. Alors il s’écria: – Comment! tu es tombé du ciel!

1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Le Petit Prince:

— What is that thing? — That's not a thing. It flies. It's an airplane. It's my airplane. And I was proud to teach him that I was flying. Then he exclaimed: — What! You fell from the sky!


avion

avìōn (canonical masculine)
авѝо̄н (Cyrillic)
avion (nominative singular)
avioni (nominative plural)
aviona (genitive singular)
aviona (genitive plural)
avionu (dative singular)
avionima (dative plural)
avion (accusative singular)
avione (accusative plural)
avione (singular vocative)
avioni (plural vocative)
avionu (locative singular)
avionima (locative plural)
avionom (instrumental singular)
avionima (instrumental plural)


bingo

Alternative form of bing, suggesting a ringing sound. Attested since 1925.

Well, the old pucker factor went up about 75 notches at that point cause that length of time would put my wingman below Bingo fuel, plus the thought of sitting in an orbit several miles West of the Yen Bai […]

1993, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots, page 40:

The first pilot to get down to this bingo fuel state would call, “Banjo 4, bingo fuel,” or whatever.

2012, Larry R Gibson, Recollections of a Marine Attack Pilot, page 54:

(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)


bingo

en-verb

bingo (third-person singular simple present bingos, present participle bingoing, simple past and past participle bingoed)

bingos (present singular third-person)
bingoing (participle present)
bingoed (participle past)
bingoed (past)

(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.


jet set

(idiomatic) A social class of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.


jet set

Relating to the lifestyle of the jet set.


jet set

jet set (third-person singular simple present jet sets, present participle jet setting, simple past and past participle jet setted)

jet sets (present singular third-person)
jet setting (participle present)
jet setted (participle past)
jet setted (past)

(intransitive) To follow the lifestyle of the jet set.


MGM

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Montgomery Regional Airport, which serves Montgomery, Alabama, United States.


RSA

en-noun

RSA (countable and uncountable, plural RSAs)

(aviation) Initialism of runway safety area.


pedestal

From Middle French piédestal from Italian piedistallo (literally “foot stand”).

uder

(aviation) The central part of the cockpit, between the pilots, where various controls are located.


commercial

en-adj

commercial (comparative more commercial, superlative most commercial)

more commercial (comparative)
most commercial (superlative)

From commerce + -ial. From French commercial (“of, or pertaining to commerce”), from Late Latin commercialis, from Latin commercium.

bor

(aviation) Designating an airport that serves passenger and/or cargo flights.

(aviation) Designating such an airplane flight.


avião

→ Hunsrik: Aviong

[a.vɪˈɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Borrowed from French avion (“airplane”), coined by Clément Ader after Latin avis (“bird”).


AOT

(aviation, military) Initialism of angle off tail (the angle between the flightpaths of the attacking and defending aircraft in a dogfight).


cloche

Borrowed from French cloche (“bell”), from Medieval Latin clocca (“bell”). Doublet of cloak and clock.

(aviation, historical) An apparatus used in controlling certain aeroplanes, consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bell-shaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, etc.


go down

en-verb

go down (third-person singular simple present goes down, present participle going down, simple past went down, past participle gone down)

goes down (present singular third-person)
going down (participle present)
went down (past)
gone down (participle past)

suhtautua (receiving person or party as subject, received thing in illative)

The plane went down thirty miles from shore.

To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.


Windschatten

de-noun

Windschatten m (strong, genitive Windschattens, plural Windschatten)

Windschattens (genitive)
Windschatten (plural)
Windschatten (nominative singular)
Windschatten (definite nominative plural)
Windschattens (genitive singular)
Windschatten (definite genitive plural)
Windschatten (dative singular)
Windschatten (dative definite plural)
Windschatten (accusative singular)
Windschatten (accusative definite plural)

Wind + Schatten, literally “shadow of the wind”.


icing

en-noun

icing (countable and uncountable, plural icings)

→ Swedish: icing

The Cessna pilots reported that moderate icing was present between 13,000 and 4,000 feet in the cloud layers.

(aviation, meteorology) Conditions conducive to the formation of ice on aircraft surfaces.


landing

An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending object.

هُبُوط

a coming to a surface, as of an airplane


landing

(aviation) to land; to descend to a surface, especially from the air to touch down


threshold

lintel

antonym(s) of “bottom-most part of a doorway”

/ˈθɹɛʃ(h)əʊld/

[ˈθɹɛʃ(h)ɒʊɫd]

From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”).
Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Norwegian terskel (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”).

der

(aviation) The start of the landing area of a runway.


gondola

gondolka (diminutive)
gondola (nominative singular)
gondoly (nominative plural)
gondoly (genitive singular)
gondol (genitive plural)
gondole (dative singular)
gondolám (dative plural)
gondolu (accusative singular)
gondoly (accusative plural)
gondolo (singular vocative)
gondoly (plural vocative)
gondole (locative singular)
gondolách (locative plural)
gondolou (instrumental singular)
gondolami (instrumental plural)

(aviation) nacelle (separate streamlined enclosure mounted on an aircraft to house an engine)


movement

en-noun

movement (countable and uncountable, plural movements)

From Middle English mevement, from Old French movement (modern French mouvement), from movoir + -ment; cf. also Medieval Latin movimentum, from Latin movere (“move”). Doublet of moment and momentum. In this sense, displaced native Old English styring, which led to Modern English stirring.
Morphologically move + -ment.

eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Albuquerque International Sunport serviced over 200,000 movements last year.

(aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.


rhubarb

rhubarb (countable and uncountable, plural rhubarb or rhubarbs)

From Middle English rubarbe, from Anglo-Norman reubarbe (modern French rhubarbe), from Late Latin reubarbarum, rheubarbarum, rubarbera, rybarba, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + Ancient Greek βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”) (English barbarian).
There is also a Medieval Latin variant rabarbarum, which appears to be influenced by Ancient Greek ῥᾶ (rhâ, “rhubarb”), and gave rise to some of the forms in modern languages. The Ancient Greek variant term appears to have been folk-etymologically influenced by Ancient Greek Ῥᾶ (Rhâ, “the River Volga”), which is in the region from which the plant came to the Mediterranean. The ultimate origin of the Ancient Greek terms is, however, Proto-Iranian *(h)rabā́š (“rhubarb, fennel”).
The word is cognate with Catalan ruibarbre, Italian rabarbaro, Dutch rabarber, German Rhabarber, Old Occitan reubarbe, Portuguese ruibarbo, Spanish ruibarbo.

der

ῥῆον βάρβαρον

cog

On 13 December 1942, Squadron Leader [Brian] Lane made his first flight from Ludham, a local familiarisation flight. That afternoon, he led a section of Spitfires low over the North Sea on a ‘Rhubarb’, a low-level sweep over the Dutch coast, looking for targets of opportunity.

2009, Dilip Sarkar, “Foreword”, in Brian Lane, edited by Dilip Sarkar, Spitfire!: The Experiences of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing, →ISBN, page 11:

(British, military, aviation, historical) A Royal Air Force World War II code name for operations by aircraft (fighters and fighter-bombers) involving low-level flight to seek opportunistic targets.


rhubarb

en-verb

rhubarb (third-person singular simple present rhubarbs, present participle rhubarbing, simple past and past participle rhubarbed)

rhubarbs (present singular third-person)
rhubarbing (participle present)
rhubarbed (participle past)
rhubarbed (past)

der

ῥῆον βάρβαρον

(British, military, aviation) Of fighter aircraft: to fire at a target opportunistically.


fam trip

(UK, aviation, travel) A free (or low cost) trip for travel agents or consultants, provided by a travel operator or airline as a means of promoting their service.


minimum connecting time

en-noun

minimum connecting time (plural minimum connecting times)

(aviation, travel) The amount of time, agreed in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight on the same ticket.


codeshare

From code + share, because of the change in the flight's two-letter airline identity code. One aircraft will have two or more codes and flight numbers.

(aviation) An agreement whereby an airline buys space on another airline and markets the extra space as its own. Often used to increase a route network without the costs of running a full service.


codeshare

en-verb

codeshare (third-person singular simple present codeshares, present participle codesharing, simple past and past participle codeshared)

codeshares (present singular third-person)
codesharing (participle present)
codeshared (participle past)
codeshared (past)

(aviation, transitive, intransitive) To buy space on (a flight) in this way.


jet lag

en-noun

jet lag (usually uncountable, plural jet lags)

Possibly coined by Horace Sutton in 1966.

She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien’s theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic.

2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1:

(aviation) A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.


shoulder

From Middle English schuldre, sholder, shulder, schulder, from Old English sculdra, sculdor (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru (“shoulder”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), see shield. Cognate with Old Frisian skuldere (“shoulder”) (West Frisian skouder (“shoulder”)), Middle Low German scholder (“shoulder”), Low German Schuller (“shoulder”), Dutch schouder (“shoulder”), German Schulter (“shoulder”).

inh

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

Coordinate term: noon balloon

For a round-trip journey starting from the UK during the shoulder period (1 April-30 June) […]

1976, Trade and Industry, volume 25, page 270:

the determination of noise-induced disturbances during the shoulder hours and their consequences for the consecutive sleep period

2003, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem (Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 29 June-3 July 2003), page 184:

(aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.


空港

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/kʰɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/kʰoŋ⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

/kʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/hʊŋ⁵⁵ kɔːŋ³⁵/

/kʰɔŋ³³ kaŋ⁵⁵⁴/

/kʰɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kaŋ⁵³/

/kʰoŋ⁵⁵ kɑ̃²¹/

(sometimes Japanese- or Korean-influenced) Short for 航空港 (hángkōnggǎng, “airport”).


air traffic control

A system designed to give assistance to aircraft, to prevent collisions and to manage aircraft flow.


transition

en-noun

transition (countable and uncountable, plural transitions)

/tɹænˈzɪʃən/

/tɹænˈsɪʃən/

/tɹɑːnˈzɪʃən/

/tɹænˈzɪʃən/

Etymology tree
Middle French transitionbor.
English transition
From Middle French transition, from Latin transitio. By surface analysis, transit + -ion.

etymon

filtered-popping recursive transition network

(aviation) A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.


airspace

en-noun

airspace (countable and uncountable, plural airspaces)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-airspace.wav

Various European countries transferred the aviation control of their adjoining airspace to Eurocontrol, while each retaining legal jurisdiction.

Haines has previous experience of dealing with a hugely disruptive crisis. He said: "I left the railway in 2008 and went to the Civil Aviation Authority. And within a few months I was in the middle of an Icelandic volcanic storm. Eyafjallajokull closed airspace across northern Europe.

2020 March 25, “Network News: Railway working with government to combat crisis”, in Rail, page 7:

(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.

(εθνικός) εναέριος χώρος m ((ethnikós) enaérios chóros, literally “(national) airspace”)

(aviation) that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.


landing strip

As Discovery headed towards the landing strip in the Mojave desert, radio contact between Mission Control and the shuttle was kept to a minimum.

2005 August 9, Rosalind Ryan, The Guardian:

(aviation) A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.

مَهْبِط

auxiliary or temporary runway for aircraft


runway

→ Czech: runway

Down at the end of the field when ready for the take-off, I'd taxi the ship off the runway and tell him why I did that—"so as not to block incoming ships," and I'd tell him at the same time why the incoming ship was supposed to land in the first third of the field and why in the take-off we were going all the way to the end of the runway and not try to take off up the middle of the runway.

1945, Robert Lee Scott Jr., Runway to the Sun, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, →OCLC, page 135:

Space Shuttle. A human-operated space vehicle launched by a rocket to orbit the Earth and then return to Earth and land undamaged on a runway like a conventional airplane.

1985, Mark Stephen Monmonier, “Glossary”, in Technological Transition in Cartography, Madison, Wis., London: University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 267:

They hurried across the waiting hall to the departure gates. Through the windows he could see the floodlights on the field, shining on the runways. Planes pulled up in rows at the gates, assembly-line style, workers swarming over them like ants even before they stopped.

2016 March, Joseph Kanon, Leaving Berlin: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 313:

(aviation) A section of land, usually paved, for airplanes to land on or take off from.

aanloopbaan

(aviation) strip for airplanes to land on or take off from


sputnik

From Russian спу́тник (spútnik, “satellite”, literally “fellow traveller”), from с- (s-, “with, together”) + пу́тник (pútnik, “traveller”), from путь (putʹ, “way, journey”) + agent suffix -ник (-nik).

derived

National Air and Space Museum
Sputnik (disambiguation)
Sputnik 1

Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon. The science wasn't even there yet. NASA didn't exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn't just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs. This is our generation's Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven't seen since the height of the Space Race. And in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal.

2011 January 5, Barack Obama, Jon Favreau, speechwriter, “Remarks by the President in State of Union Address”, in White House Office of the Press Secretary, WhiteHouse.gov, archived from the original on 2016-05-06:

(historical) Any of a series of Soviet robotic space satellites, especially the first one in 1957.


sputnik

pl-noun

sputnik m inan (related adjective sputnikowy)

sputnikowy (adjective)
sputnik (nominative singular)
sputniki (nominative plural)
sputnika (genitive singular)
sputników (genitive plural)
sputnikowi (dative singular)
sputnikom (dative plural)
sputnik (accusative singular)
sputniki (accusative plural)
sputnikiem (instrumental singular)
sputnikami (instrumental plural)
sputniku (locative singular)
sputnikach (locative plural)
sputniku (singular vocative)
sputniki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian спу́тник (spútnik).

bor+

(historical) sputnik (Soviet robotic space satellite)


whirlybird

... and then this whirlybird that I headed for, I had my goggles off...

1988, R.E.M. (lyrics and music), “Orange Crush”, in Green:


bomber

(aviation, military) A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

chidí naatʼáʼiʼtsoh beeʼeldǫǫh bikǫʼ neiyéhé


motor

en-verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

motors (present singular third-person)
motoring (participle present)
motored (participle past)
motored (past)

From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“I set in motion”).

der

During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.

(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.


blackjack

en-noun

blackjack (countable and uncountable, plural blackjacks)

→ Polish: blackjack

(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.


decollare

it-verb

decollàre (first-person singular present decòllo, first-person singular past historic decollài, past participle decollàto, auxiliary avére)

decollàre (canonical)
decòllo (first-person present singular)
decollài (first-person historic past singular)
decollàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
decollàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
decollàndo (gerund)
decollànte (participle present)
decollàto (participle past)
decòllo (first-person indicative present singular)
decòlli (indicative present second-person singular)
decòlla (indicative present singular third-person)
decolliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
decollàte (indicative plural present second-person)
decòllano (indicative plural present third-person)
decollàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
decollàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
decollàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
decollavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
decollavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
decollàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
decollài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
decollàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
decollò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
decollàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
decollàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
decollàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
decollerò (first-person future indicative singular)
decollerài (future indicative second-person singular)
decollerà (future indicative singular third-person)
decollerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
decolleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
decollerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
decollerèi (conditional first-person present singular)
decollerésti (conditional present second-person singular)
decollerèbbe (conditional present singular third-person)
decollerébbe (conditional present singular third-person)
decollerémmo (conditional first-person plural present)
decolleréste (conditional plural present second-person)
decollerèbbero (conditional plural present third-person)
decollerébbero (conditional plural present third-person)
decòlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
decòlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
decòlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
decolliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
decolliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
decòllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
decollàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
decollàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
decollàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
decollàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
decollàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
decollàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
decòlla (imperative second-person singular)
decòlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
decolliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
decollàte (imperative plural second-person)
decòllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
decollàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
decòlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
decolliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
decollàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
decòllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(intransitive, aviation, also figurative) to take off [auxiliary avere]


rollback

en-noun

rollback (countable and uncountable, plural rollbacks)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-rollback.wav

The noun is a deverbal from roll back. The verb is a back-formation from the noun despite being redundant to roll back.

The data was examined with respect to oil pressure. This showed that both the left and right engines' oil pressure generally follow each other until the start of the final acceleration, which resulted in first the right and then the left engines rolling back. The left engine oil pressure rose, as expected, as the engine accelerated: the right engine pressure, however, started to decrease, even though the engine was also accelerating prior to its rollback. Whilst, this observation, on the right engine, was based on only a few data points, it can be inferred that this was due to an oil temperature increase at, or close to, the start of the final acceleration. However, the loss of QAR data so close to the left engine rollback meant that it was not possible to draw a similar conclusion for the left engine.

2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.11.3 Engine oil recorded data”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 2022-06-16, page 44:

(aviation) An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.


rollback

en-verb

rollback (third-person singular simple present rollbacks, present participle rollbacking, simple past and past participle rollbacked)

rollbacks (present singular third-person)
rollbacking (participle present)
rollbacked (participle past)
rollbacked (past)

The first test involved placing the restriction immediately upstream of the FOHE. As it was known that the engine would almost certainly rollback during the first acceleration attempt, only the fourth accident acceleration was attempted: the rollback occurred as predicted. Testing was also conducted with the restriction at the LP pump inlet, with the rollback also occurring as predicted during the fourth acceleration.

2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.16.4.2 Full-scale engine testing (L12)”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 2022-04-12, page 92:

(intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To reduce thrust without having been commanded to do so.


great circle route

en-noun

great circle route (plural great circle routes)

A route, taken by intercontinental aircraft for instance, which is the shortest distance between two destinations on the surface of the Earth; an arc of a great circle.


Manchester

Manchester
Manchester (disambiguation)
Manchester Ship Canal

→ Finnish: Manse

From Old English Mameċeaster. The first element may be from a word related to Breton mamm (“mother; female animal; womb”), in reference to a breast-shaped hill.
The second part is known to be from Old English ceaster, from Latin castra (“camp”).

der

(aircraft) A type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.


rasti

rasti (nominative singular)
rastit (nominative plural)
rasti (accusative nominative singular)
rastit (accusative nominative plural)
rastin (accusative genitive singular)
rastit (accusative genitive plural)
rastin (genitive singular)
rastien (genitive plural)
rastia (partitive singular)
rasteja (partitive plural)
rastissa (inessive singular)
rasteissa (inessive plural)
rastista (elative singular)
rasteista (elative plural)
rastiin (illative singular)
rasteihin (illative plural)
rastilla (adessive singular)
rasteilla (adessive plural)
rastilta (ablative singular)
rasteilta (ablative plural)
rastille (allative singular)
rasteille (allative plural)
rastina (essive singular)
rasteina (essive plural)
rastiksi (singular translative)
rasteiksi (plural translative)
rastitta (abessive singular)
rasteitta (abessive plural)
rastein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
rastini (nominative singular)
rastini (nominative plural)
rastini (accusative nominative singular)
rastini (accusative nominative plural)
rastini (accusative genitive singular)
rastini (accusative genitive plural)
rastini (genitive singular)
rastieni (genitive plural)
rastiani (partitive singular)
rastejani (partitive plural)
rastissani (inessive singular)
rasteissani (inessive plural)
rastistani (elative singular)
rasteistani (elative plural)
rastiini (illative singular)
rasteihini (illative plural)
rastillani (adessive singular)
rasteillani (adessive plural)
rastiltani (ablative singular)
rasteiltani (ablative plural)
rastilleni (allative singular)
rasteilleni (allative plural)
rastinani (essive singular)
rasteinani (essive plural)
rastikseni (singular translative)
rasteikseni (plural translative)
rastittani (abessive singular)
rasteittani (abessive plural)
rasteineni (comitative plural)
rastisi (nominative singular)
rastisi (nominative plural)
rastisi (accusative nominative singular)
rastisi (accusative nominative plural)
rastisi (accusative genitive singular)
rastisi (accusative genitive plural)
rastisi (genitive singular)
rastiesi (genitive plural)
rastiasi (partitive singular)
rastejasi (partitive plural)
rastissasi (inessive singular)
rasteissasi (inessive plural)
rastistasi (elative singular)
rasteistasi (elative plural)
rastiisi (illative singular)
rasteihisi (illative plural)
rastillasi (adessive singular)
rasteillasi (adessive plural)
rastiltasi (ablative singular)
rasteiltasi (ablative plural)
rastillesi (allative singular)
rasteillesi (allative plural)
rastinasi (essive singular)
rasteinasi (essive plural)
rastiksesi (singular translative)
rasteiksesi (plural translative)
rastittasi (abessive singular)
rasteittasi (abessive plural)
rasteinesi (comitative plural)
rastimme (nominative singular)
rastimme (nominative plural)
rastimme (accusative nominative singular)
rastimme (accusative nominative plural)
rastimme (accusative genitive singular)
rastimme (accusative genitive plural)
rastimme (genitive singular)
rastiemme (genitive plural)
rastiamme (partitive singular)
rastejamme (partitive plural)
rastissamme (inessive singular)
rasteissamme (inessive plural)
rastistamme (elative singular)
rasteistamme (elative plural)
rastiimme (illative singular)
rasteihimme (illative plural)
rastillamme (adessive singular)
rasteillamme (adessive plural)
rastiltamme (ablative singular)
rasteiltamme (ablative plural)
rastillemme (allative singular)
rasteillemme (allative plural)
rastinamme (essive singular)
rasteinamme (essive plural)
rastiksemme (singular translative)
rasteiksemme (plural translative)
rastittamme (abessive singular)
rasteittamme (abessive plural)
rasteinemme (comitative plural)
rastinne (nominative singular)
rastinne (nominative plural)
rastinne (accusative nominative singular)
rastinne (accusative nominative plural)
rastinne (accusative genitive singular)
rastinne (accusative genitive plural)
rastinne (genitive singular)
rastienne (genitive plural)
rastianne (partitive singular)
rastejanne (partitive plural)
rastissanne (inessive singular)
rasteissanne (inessive plural)
rastistanne (elative singular)
rasteistanne (elative plural)
rastiinne (illative singular)
rasteihinne (illative plural)
rastillanne (adessive singular)
rasteillanne (adessive plural)
rastiltanne (ablative singular)
rasteiltanne (ablative plural)
rastillenne (allative singular)
rasteillenne (allative plural)
rastinanne (essive singular)
rasteinanne (essive plural)
rastiksenne (singular translative)
rasteiksenne (plural translative)
rastittanne (abessive singular)
rasteittanne (abessive plural)
rasteinenne (comitative plural)
rastinsa (nominative singular)
rastinsa (nominative plural)
rastinsa (accusative nominative singular)
rastinsa (accusative nominative plural)
rastinsa (accusative genitive singular)
rastinsa (accusative genitive plural)
rastinsa (genitive singular)
rastiensa (genitive plural)
rastiaan (partitive singular)
rastiansa (partitive singular)
rastejaan (partitive plural)
rastejansa (partitive plural)
rastissaan (inessive singular)
rastissansa (inessive singular)
rasteissaan (inessive plural)
rasteissansa (inessive plural)
rastistaan (elative singular)
rastistansa (elative singular)
rasteistaan (elative plural)
rasteistansa (elative plural)
rastiinsa (illative singular)
rasteihinsa (illative plural)
rastillaan (adessive singular)
rastillansa (adessive singular)
rasteillaan (adessive plural)
rasteillansa (adessive plural)
rastiltaan (ablative singular)
rastiltansa (ablative singular)
rasteiltaan (ablative plural)
rasteiltansa (ablative plural)
rastilleen (allative singular)
rastillensa (allative singular)
rasteilleen (allative plural)
rasteillensa (allative plural)
rastinaan (essive singular)
rastinansa (essive singular)
rasteinaan (essive plural)
rasteinansa (essive plural)
rastikseen (singular translative)
rastiksensa (singular translative)
rasteikseen (plural translative)
rasteiksensa (plural translative)
rastittaan (abessive singular)
rastittansa (abessive singular)
rasteittaan (abessive plural)
rasteittansa (abessive plural)
rasteineen (comitative plural)
rasteinensa (comitative plural)

Possibly extracted from ristiin rastiin. See risti for more.


aerobatics

(aviation) The practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.


blank

en-verb

blank (third-person singular simple present blanks, present participle blanking, simple past and past participle blanked)

blanks (present singular third-person)
blanking (participle present)
blanked (participle past)
blanked (past)

From Middle English blank, blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Anglo-Norman blonc, blaunc, blaunche, from Old French blanc, feminine blanche, from Frankish *blank (“gleaming, white, blinding”), from Proto-Germanic *blankaz (“white, bright, blinding”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleyǵ- (“to shine”). Akin to Old High German blanch (“shining, bright, white”) (German blank), Old English blanc (“white, grey”), blanca (“white steed”), Spanish blanco. More at blink, blind, blanch. Doublet of blanc.

cog

At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.

(transitive, aviation, of a control surface) To render ineffective by blanketing with turbulent airflow, such as from aircraft wake or reverse thrust.


twin

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ġetwin, ġetwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinahz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Danish tvilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian двойня (dvojnja, “twin”).


aerodrome

→ Irish: aeradróm

* (aircraft): In the obsolete sense of “flying machine” coined by American aviation pioneer Samuel Langley in 1897, from Ancient Greek ἀεροδρόμος (aerodrómos, “traversing the air”).
* (airfield): In the sense of “airfield”, from aero- + -drome, a suffix formed in analogy with hippodrome (“horse racecourse”), from Ancient Greek.

der

1908 June 8, Nikola Tesla, Little Aeroplane Progress: So Says Nikola Tesla-But He Is Working on One of His Own, letter to The New York Times, Page 6,
The Langley and Maxim aerodromes, which did not soar, were in my opinion better pieces of mechanism than their very latest imitations.

An aerodrome, chiefly of steel, weighing, apart from fuel and water, about twenty-four pounds, was launched on the Potomac River on May 6, 1896, and flew for over half a mile.

1911 October, “The Progress of Science: Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight”, in Popular Science:

This was apparently due to the weakness of the old Manley motor with which the aerodrome was originally equipped and which was capable of developing only 52 horsepower.

1914 December, Popular Mechanics, page 811:

During the years 1892 and 1893 four steam-propelled aerodromes were constructed.

1918, Automotive Industries, volume 39, page 718:

(obsolete) A flying machine composed of aeroplanes (“airfoils, aerodynamic surfaces”). An aeroplane (“airplane, aircraft”), particularly one constructed by or according to the design of Samuel Pierpont Langley and Charles M. Manly.


stall

en-verb

stall (third-person singular simple present stalls, present participle stalling, simple past and past participle stalled)

stalls (present singular third-person)
stalling (participle present)
stalled (participle past)
stalled (past)

From Middle English stallen (“to abide, dwell, place in a location, stop, come to a standstill”), partly from Old French estaler, ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1 (see above); and partly from Middle English stalle (“fixed position, stall”).

estää

to cause to come to a standstill; to forestall

The thrust levers were advanced, the first officer selected the go-around mode for the flight director, and he started to increase the pitch of the aircraft to the command bar indications, 10 degrees nose up. About one second after the first officer acknowledged the go-around, the stick shaker (stall warning) activated. As the aircraft reached 10 degrees nose up, about one and one-half seconds after the stick shaker activated, the captain called flaps and selected them to the go-around setting, the warbler tone associated with the stall protection system (SPS) sounded, and the aircraft stalled aerodynamically. The aircraft rolled right to approximately 55 degrees of bank, and the right wing tip contacted the runway about 2700 feet from the threshold and 45 feet left of the centre line, the right wing tip bending upwards about four feet from the tip.

1999 April 15, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.1 History of the Flight”, in Aviation Investigation Report A97H0011, Loss of Control on Go-around (Rejected Landing), Air Canada Canadair CL-600-2B19 C-FSKI, Fredericton Airport, New Brunswick, 16 December 1997, archived from the original on 2022-09-02, pages 1–2:

(intransitive, aviation) To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

失速

The pilot stalled the plane by pulling the nose up too high at a slow airspeed.

(transitive, aviation) To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.


wet lease

The airline is operating a plane owned by another airline under a wet lease.

(aviation) An agreement in which an airplane, including crew, maintenance and insurance, is leased to another organisation, usually for a short period of time.


cannula

en-noun

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

cannulas (plural)
cannulae (plural)
cannulæ (plural)

Borrowed from Latin cannula (“small or low reed”), diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

(aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly from an oxygen (O₂) bottle/source to the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.


MLS

MLS (countable and uncountable, plural MLSs)

microwave landing system
w:microwave landing system

(aviation) Initialism of microwave landing system.


nugget

nugget (countable and uncountable, plural nuggets)

→ Portuguese: nugget

Uncertain. Possibly from a rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got. Alternatively, likely a diminutive of dialectal nug (“lump, block”) + -et.

Cannabis sativa
Cannabis sativa#Translingual

(countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.


Antonov

Borrowed from Russian Анто́нов (Antónov).

(aviation) Any of the Russian or Ukrainian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau, typically large cargo planes.

Антонов

any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau


Antonov

Antonov (any of the Russian aircraft designed by the Antonov bureau)


fifth freedom rights

One of the Freedoms of the Air, defined under the Chicago Convention in 1944.

The right of an airline of one country to land in a different country, pick up passengers, and carry them on to a third country — e.g. a British airline flying to France, collecting passengers, and taking them to Italy.


freedoms of the air

The bilateral agreements concerning international air travel defined by the Chicago Convention in 1944, covering such topics as overflight, stopovers, and passenger carriage.


black box

black box
black box#History
flight recorder#Terminology
gray-box testing
white box (software engineering)

* Since circa 1945 in both main senses (that is, event recorders and objects with unknown innards), which are historically related to each other; for details, see black box § History and flight recorder § Terminology.
* (type of theater): Such theaters are often painted black.

scrutinizing all utterances recorded by the black box

cockpit voice recorder
cockpit voice recorder

flight data recorder
flight data recorder

(informal, aviation) A flight recorder; the brightly colored cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders in an aircraft designed to aid in determining the cause of an accident.


cyclic

From Ancient Greek κυκλικός (kuklikós). Possibly from cycle + -ic.

(aviation) The flight control used to control a helicopter's direction and rate of horizontal movement by tilting the lift vector of the helicopter's main rotor disk.


fighter-bomber

(military aviation) A military aircraft designed to operate in combined roles of attacking enemy aircraft and bombing targets; usually faster and more maneuverable than a traditional bomber.


fighter plane

(aircraft, military) A military aircraft primarily designed to attack enemy aircraft. Frequently shortened to fighter.


unable

From Middle English unable, unabel, unhable, unhabil, equivalent to un- + able.

"November three seven kilo, climb and maintain twelve thousand." "Unable, we have pressurization problems. Maintaining nine thousand."

(aviation) Indicating that a requested course of action is not possible to carry out.


tarmac

tarmac (countable and uncountable, plural tarmacs)

Clipping of tarmacadam, which is from tar + macadam (“crushed stones”). Originally a trademark owned by its inventor, Edgar Hooley.

(informal, aviation) The area of an airport, other than the runway, where planes park or maneuver.

писта

area of an airport, where planes park or maneuver


tarmac

en-verb

tarmac (third-person singular simple present tarmacs, present participle tarmacking or tarmacing or tarmaccing, simple past and past participle tarmacked or tarmaced or tarmacced)

tarmacs (present singular third-person)
tarmacking (participle present)
tarmacing (participle present)
tarmaccing (participle present)
tarmacked (participle past)
tarmacked (past)
tarmaced (participle past)
tarmaced (past)
tarmacced (participle past)
tarmacced (past)

"It is not unusual these days for the time spent tarmacking to exceed the time spent in the air, " said Senator John Danforth, R-Mo.

1989, Donald F. Wood, James C. Johnson, Contemporary Transportation, →ISBN, page 213:

(aviation) To spend time idling on a runway, usually waiting for takeoff clearance.


tarmac

Borrowed from English, a clipping of tarmacadam. Genericized trademark.


tarmac

tarmac (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
tarmac (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a tarmac (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an tarmac (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
dative (definite)
leis an tarmac (definite singular)
don tarmac (definite singular)


WRT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Warton Aerodrome, which serves Warton, Lancashire, England.


tanker

Without the KC-46 tankers orbiting in friendly airspace, our fighters would've run out of fuel long before reaching the combat zone.

(aviation, usually military) An aircraft carrying a large supply of jet fuel or avgas for aerial refueling of other aircraft, plus equipment allowing the in-air transfer of fuel.

While our ground teams cut firebreaks in the brush, the tankers kept the fire in the mountains at bay with frequent drops of water and retardant.

(aviation, firefighting) An aircraft built or modified to carry water and/or fire retardant for dropping on wildfires.


tanker

tanker (third-person singular simple present tankers, present participle tankering, simple past and past participle tankered)

tankers (present singular third-person)
tankering (participle present)
tankered (participle past)
tankered (past)

(aviation) To carry more fuel than necessary for a flight, in order to avoid having to refuel at a destination where fuel is more expensive or in short supply.


NAT

North Atlantic Tracks
w:North Atlantic Tracks

(aviation) Abbreviation of North Atlantic Tracks.


SAS

(aviation) Initialism of stability augmentation system.


CAVOK

minimum sector altitude
minimum sector altitude

(aviation) Acronym of ceiling (or clouds) and visibility [are] OK., a weather term, specific to an airport, used when conditions at the airport include visibility of at least 6 statute miles, no clouds below 5000 feet or minimum sector altitude (whichever is higher), and no hazardous weather conditions (cumulonimbus clouds, thunderstorms, precipitation, shallow fog, or low drifting snow) near the airport .


ABN

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Albina Airstrip, which serves Albina, Suriname.


PNR

(travel, aviation) Initialism of passenger name record: the complete details of a passenger's booking, including itinerary, contact details, and special requests; or the unique alphanumeric identifier for each booking.

passenger name record

point of no return
point of no return#English

(aviation, navigation) Initialism of point of no return.


RAF

(military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Air Force, the British RAF.


suspend

suspend (third-person singular simple present suspends, present participle suspending, simple past and past participle suspended)

suspends (present singular third-person)
suspending (participle present)
suspended (participle past)
suspended (past)

resume

antonym(s) of “to halt something temporarily, to discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event”

From Old French sospendre, from Latin suspendere.

(travel, aviation) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.


sorto

sorto (nominative singular)
sorrot (nominative plural)
sorto (accusative nominative singular)
sorrot (accusative nominative plural)
sorron (accusative genitive singular)
sorrot (accusative genitive plural)
sorron (genitive singular)
sortojen (genitive plural)
sortoa (partitive singular)
sortoja (partitive plural)
sorrossa (inessive singular)
sorroissa (inessive plural)
sorrosta (elative singular)
sorroista (elative plural)
sortoon (illative singular)
sortoihin (illative plural)
sorrolla (adessive singular)
sorroilla (adessive plural)
sorrolta (ablative singular)
sorroilta (ablative plural)
sorrolle (allative singular)
sorroille (allative plural)
sortona (essive singular)
sortoina (essive plural)
sorroksi (singular translative)
sorroiksi (plural translative)
sorrotta (abessive singular)
sorroitta (abessive plural)
sorroin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sortoni (nominative singular)
sortoni (nominative plural)
sortoni (accusative nominative singular)
sortoni (accusative nominative plural)
sortoni (accusative genitive singular)
sortoni (accusative genitive plural)
sortoni (genitive singular)
sortojeni (genitive plural)
sortoani (partitive singular)
sortojani (partitive plural)
sorrossani (inessive singular)
sorroissani (inessive plural)
sorrostani (elative singular)
sorroistani (elative plural)
sortooni (illative singular)
sortoihini (illative plural)
sorrollani (adessive singular)
sorroillani (adessive plural)
sorroltani (ablative singular)
sorroiltani (ablative plural)
sorrolleni (allative singular)
sorroilleni (allative plural)
sortonani (essive singular)
sortoinani (essive plural)
sorrokseni (singular translative)
sorroikseni (plural translative)
sorrottani (abessive singular)
sorroittani (abessive plural)
sortoineni (comitative plural)
sortosi (nominative singular)
sortosi (nominative plural)
sortosi (accusative nominative singular)
sortosi (accusative nominative plural)
sortosi (accusative genitive singular)
sortosi (accusative genitive plural)
sortosi (genitive singular)
sortojesi (genitive plural)
sortoasi (partitive singular)
sortojasi (partitive plural)
sorrossasi (inessive singular)
sorroissasi (inessive plural)
sorrostasi (elative singular)
sorroistasi (elative plural)
sortoosi (illative singular)
sortoihisi (illative plural)
sorrollasi (adessive singular)
sorroillasi (adessive plural)
sorroltasi (ablative singular)
sorroiltasi (ablative plural)
sorrollesi (allative singular)
sorroillesi (allative plural)
sortonasi (essive singular)
sortoinasi (essive plural)
sorroksesi (singular translative)
sorroiksesi (plural translative)
sorrottasi (abessive singular)
sorroittasi (abessive plural)
sortoinesi (comitative plural)
sortomme (nominative singular)
sortomme (nominative plural)
sortomme (accusative nominative singular)
sortomme (accusative nominative plural)
sortomme (accusative genitive singular)
sortomme (accusative genitive plural)
sortomme (genitive singular)
sortojemme (genitive plural)
sortoamme (partitive singular)
sortojamme (partitive plural)
sorrossamme (inessive singular)
sorroissamme (inessive plural)
sorrostamme (elative singular)
sorroistamme (elative plural)
sortoomme (illative singular)
sortoihimme (illative plural)
sorrollamme (adessive singular)
sorroillamme (adessive plural)
sorroltamme (ablative singular)
sorroiltamme (ablative plural)
sorrollemme (allative singular)
sorroillemme (allative plural)
sortonamme (essive singular)
sortoinamme (essive plural)
sorroksemme (singular translative)
sorroiksemme (plural translative)
sorrottamme (abessive singular)
sorroittamme (abessive plural)
sortoinemme (comitative plural)
sortonne (nominative singular)
sortonne (nominative plural)
sortonne (accusative nominative singular)
sortonne (accusative nominative plural)
sortonne (accusative genitive singular)
sortonne (accusative genitive plural)
sortonne (genitive singular)
sortojenne (genitive plural)
sortoanne (partitive singular)
sortojanne (partitive plural)
sorrossanne (inessive singular)
sorroissanne (inessive plural)
sorrostanne (elative singular)
sorroistanne (elative plural)
sortoonne (illative singular)
sortoihinne (illative plural)
sorrollanne (adessive singular)
sorroillanne (adessive plural)
sorroltanne (ablative singular)
sorroiltanne (ablative plural)
sorrollenne (allative singular)
sorroillenne (allative plural)
sortonanne (essive singular)
sortoinanne (essive plural)
sorroksenne (singular translative)
sorroiksenne (plural translative)
sorrottanne (abessive singular)
sorroittanne (abessive plural)
sortoinenne (comitative plural)
sortonsa (nominative singular)
sortonsa (nominative plural)
sortonsa (accusative nominative singular)
sortonsa (accusative nominative plural)
sortonsa (accusative genitive singular)
sortonsa (accusative genitive plural)
sortonsa (genitive singular)
sortojensa (genitive plural)
sortoaan (partitive singular)
sortoansa (partitive singular)
sortojaan (partitive plural)
sortojansa (partitive plural)
sorrossaan (inessive singular)
sorrossansa (inessive singular)
sorroissaan (inessive plural)
sorroissansa (inessive plural)
sorrostaan (elative singular)
sorrostansa (elative singular)
sorroistaan (elative plural)
sorroistansa (elative plural)
sortoonsa (illative singular)
sortoihinsa (illative plural)
sorrollaan (adessive singular)
sorrollansa (adessive singular)
sorroillaan (adessive plural)
sorroillansa (adessive plural)
sorroltaan (ablative singular)
sorroltansa (ablative singular)
sorroiltaan (ablative plural)
sorroiltansa (ablative plural)
sorrolleen (allative singular)
sorrollensa (allative singular)
sorroilleen (allative plural)
sorroillensa (allative plural)
sortonaan (essive singular)
sortonansa (essive singular)
sortoinaan (essive plural)
sortoinansa (essive plural)
sorrokseen (singular translative)
sorroksensa (singular translative)
sorroikseen (plural translative)
sorroiksensa (plural translative)
sorrottaan (abessive singular)
sorrottansa (abessive singular)
sorroittaan (abessive plural)
sorroittansa (abessive plural)
sortoineen (comitative plural)
sortoinensa (comitative plural)

sortaa (“to oppress, persecute, repress; to drift sideways”) + -o

af

(aviation, nautical) leeway (sideways drift)


DNS

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Denison Municipal Airport, which serves Denison, Iowa, United States.


deadstick landing

en-noun

deadstick landing (plural deadstick landings)

(aviation, idiomatic) A forced landing without propulsion of an aircraft that normally operates with propulsion.


washout

washout (countable and uncountable, plural washouts)

huuhtoutuminen

erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; channel produced by this action

(aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.

(negatiivinen) kohtauskulman kierto

(British, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.

(British, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.


IR

IR (countable and uncountable, plural IRs)

inertial reference
inertial reference#English

(aviation) Initialism of inertial reference.


airborne

Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.


flight path

A trajectory, the traveled path of a projectile, rocket or aircraft through the air.

Twitter has suspended an account that monitors the flight paths of a private jet owned by the social media giant’s new boss, Elon Musk.

2022 December 14, Maya Yang, “Twitter suspends account that monitors flight paths of Elon Musk’s private jet”, in The Guardian:

An airway, the predefined route of travel for an aircraft or spacecraft.


reject

From Late Middle English rejecten, from Latin rēiectus, past participle of reicere (“to throw back”), from re- (“back”) + iacere (“to throw”). Displaced native Old English āweorpan (literally “to throw out”).


antifreeze

en-noun

antifreeze (countable and uncountable, plural antifreezes)

(aviation) Deicer, a heated glycol solution used to remove ice from the aerodynamic surfaces of airplanes, and prevent icing while on the tarmac.


tuck

en-verb

tuck (third-person singular simple present tucks, present participle tucking, simple past and past participle tucked)

tucks (present singular third-person)
tucking (participle present)
tucked (participle past)
tucked (past)

From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.

cog

Never take a first-generation Learjet past Mach 0.82; it'll tuck hard nose-down and you won't be able to pull out from the dive.


tailspin

The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.

(aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.


endorsement

en-noun

endorsement (countable and uncountable, plural endorsements)

Once she obtained the endorsement of her night flying hours, Joanna was approved to take the pilot's examination.

(aviation) An instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills.

Nachweis

an instructor's signed acknowledgement of time practising specific flying skills


artificial horizon

artificial horizon (plural artificial horizons)

(aviation) An instrument that displays the pitch and roll of an aircraft in flight by comparing its attitude to a gyroscopically-maintained indication of the flat horizon line.


vertiport

(aviation) An airport for VTOL aircraft.


erect

en-verb

erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)

erects (present singular third-person)
erecting (participle present)
erected (participle past)
erected (past)

From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).

pystyttää

to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position

As soon as electrical power was restored, the attitude indicators' gyros would have begun to erect.

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.

(intransitive, aviation, of a gyroscopic attitude indicator) To spin up and align to vertical.


wheelbarrow

wheelbarrow (third-person singular simple present wheelbarrows, present participle wheelbarrowing, simple past and past participle wheelbarrowed)

wheelbarrows (present singular third-person)
wheelbarrowing (participle present)
wheelbarrowed (participle past)
wheelbarrowed (past)

/ˈʍiːl.bæɹ.əʊ/

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger

From Middle English whelbarwe; equivalent to wheel + barrow.

(transitive, aviation) To cause the weight of an aeroplane to become concentrated around the nosewheel.


zepelín

zepelín (nominative singular)
zepelíny (nominative plural)
zepelínu (genitive singular)
zepelínů (genitive plural)
zepelínu (dative singular)
zepelínům (dative plural)
zepelín (accusative singular)
zepelíny (accusative plural)
zepelíne (singular vocative)
zepelíny (plural vocative)
zepelínu (locative singular)
zepelínech (locative plural)
zepelínem (instrumental singular)
zepelíny (instrumental plural)


hand-off

en-noun

hand-off (countable and uncountable, plural hand-offs)

(aviation) The transfer of the radar identification of an aircraft from one controller to another when the aircraft enters the receiving controller's airspace and radio communications with the aircraft are transferred.


ultra

ultra (nominative singular)
ultrat (nominative plural)
ultra (accusative nominative singular)
ultrat (accusative nominative plural)
ultran (accusative genitive singular)
ultrat (accusative genitive plural)
ultran (genitive singular)
ultrien (genitive plural)
ultrain (genitive plural rare)
ultraa (partitive singular)
ultria (partitive plural)
ultrassa (inessive singular)
ultrissa (inessive plural)
ultrasta (elative singular)
ultrista (elative plural)
ultraan (illative singular)
ultriin (illative plural)
ultralla (adessive singular)
ultrilla (adessive plural)
ultralta (ablative singular)
ultrilta (ablative plural)
ultralle (allative singular)
ultrille (allative plural)
ultrana (essive singular)
ultrina (essive plural)
ultraksi (singular translative)
ultriksi (plural translative)
ultratta (abessive singular)
ultritta (abessive plural)
ultrin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ultrani (nominative singular)
ultrani (nominative plural)
ultrani (accusative nominative singular)
ultrani (accusative nominative plural)
ultrani (accusative genitive singular)
ultrani (accusative genitive plural)
ultrani (genitive singular)
ultrieni (genitive plural)
ultraini (genitive plural rare)
ultraani (partitive singular)
ultriani (partitive plural)
ultrassani (inessive singular)
ultrissani (inessive plural)
ultrastani (elative singular)
ultristani (elative plural)
ultraani (illative singular)
ultriini (illative plural)
ultrallani (adessive singular)
ultrillani (adessive plural)
ultraltani (ablative singular)
ultriltani (ablative plural)
ultralleni (allative singular)
ultrilleni (allative plural)
ultranani (essive singular)
ultrinani (essive plural)
ultrakseni (singular translative)
ultrikseni (plural translative)
ultrattani (abessive singular)
ultrittani (abessive plural)
ultrineni (comitative plural)
ultrasi (nominative singular)
ultrasi (nominative plural)
ultrasi (accusative nominative singular)
ultrasi (accusative nominative plural)
ultrasi (accusative genitive singular)
ultrasi (accusative genitive plural)
ultrasi (genitive singular)
ultriesi (genitive plural)
ultraisi (genitive plural rare)
ultraasi (partitive singular)
ultriasi (partitive plural)
ultrassasi (inessive singular)
ultrissasi (inessive plural)
ultrastasi (elative singular)
ultristasi (elative plural)
ultraasi (illative singular)
ultriisi (illative plural)
ultrallasi (adessive singular)
ultrillasi (adessive plural)
ultraltasi (ablative singular)
ultriltasi (ablative plural)
ultrallesi (allative singular)
ultrillesi (allative plural)
ultranasi (essive singular)
ultrinasi (essive plural)
ultraksesi (singular translative)
ultriksesi (plural translative)
ultrattasi (abessive singular)
ultrittasi (abessive plural)
ultrinesi (comitative plural)
ultramme (nominative singular)
ultramme (nominative plural)
ultramme (accusative nominative singular)
ultramme (accusative nominative plural)
ultramme (accusative genitive singular)
ultramme (accusative genitive plural)
ultramme (genitive singular)
ultriemme (genitive plural)
ultraimme (genitive plural rare)
ultraamme (partitive singular)
ultriamme (partitive plural)
ultrassamme (inessive singular)
ultrissamme (inessive plural)
ultrastamme (elative singular)
ultristamme (elative plural)
ultraamme (illative singular)
ultriimme (illative plural)
ultrallamme (adessive singular)
ultrillamme (adessive plural)
ultraltamme (ablative singular)
ultriltamme (ablative plural)
ultrallemme (allative singular)
ultrillemme (allative plural)
ultranamme (essive singular)
ultrinamme (essive plural)
ultraksemme (singular translative)
ultriksemme (plural translative)
ultrattamme (abessive singular)
ultrittamme (abessive plural)
ultrinemme (comitative plural)
ultranne (nominative singular)
ultranne (nominative plural)
ultranne (accusative nominative singular)
ultranne (accusative nominative plural)
ultranne (accusative genitive singular)
ultranne (accusative genitive plural)
ultranne (genitive singular)
ultrienne (genitive plural)
ultrainne (genitive plural rare)
ultraanne (partitive singular)
ultrianne (partitive plural)
ultrassanne (inessive singular)
ultrissanne (inessive plural)
ultrastanne (elative singular)
ultristanne (elative plural)
ultraanne (illative singular)
ultriinne (illative plural)
ultrallanne (adessive singular)
ultrillanne (adessive plural)
ultraltanne (ablative singular)
ultriltanne (ablative plural)
ultrallenne (allative singular)
ultrillenne (allative plural)
ultrananne (essive singular)
ultrinanne (essive plural)
ultraksenne (singular translative)
ultriksenne (plural translative)
ultrattanne (abessive singular)
ultrittanne (abessive plural)
ultrinenne (comitative plural)
ultransa (nominative singular)
ultransa (nominative plural)
ultransa (accusative nominative singular)
ultransa (accusative nominative plural)
ultransa (accusative genitive singular)
ultransa (accusative genitive plural)
ultransa (genitive singular)
ultriensa (genitive plural)
ultrainsa (genitive plural rare)
ultraansa (partitive singular)
ultriaan (partitive plural)
ultriansa (partitive plural)
ultrassaan (inessive singular)
ultrassansa (inessive singular)
ultrissaan (inessive plural)
ultrissansa (inessive plural)
ultrastaan (elative singular)
ultrastansa (elative singular)
ultristaan (elative plural)
ultristansa (elative plural)
ultraansa (illative singular)
ultriinsa (illative plural)
ultrallaan (adessive singular)
ultrallansa (adessive singular)
ultrillaan (adessive plural)
ultrillansa (adessive plural)
ultraltaan (ablative singular)
ultraltansa (ablative singular)
ultriltaan (ablative plural)
ultriltansa (ablative plural)
ultralleen (allative singular)
ultrallensa (allative singular)
ultrilleen (allative plural)
ultrillensa (allative plural)
ultranaan (essive singular)
ultranansa (essive singular)
ultrinaan (essive plural)
ultrinansa (essive plural)
ultrakseen (singular translative)
ultraksensa (singular translative)
ultrikseen (plural translative)
ultriksensa (plural translative)
ultrattaan (abessive singular)
ultrattansa (abessive singular)
ultrittaan (abessive plural)
ultrittansa (abessive plural)
ultrineen (comitative plural)
ultrinensa (comitative plural)

(aviation) Ellipsis of ultrakevyt (“ultralight”). (aircraft that weighs very little)


airmail

airmail (countable and uncountable, plural airmails)

to send a letter by airmail

The system of conveying mail using aircraft.

بَرِيد جَوِّيّ

the system of conveying mail using aircraft

航空信

the items of mail carried using aircraft

агаарын шуудангийн захиа агаарын захидал


airmail

en-verb

airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)

airmails (present singular third-person)
airmailing (participle present)
airmailed (participle past)
airmailed (past)

(baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.


MCO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Orlando International Airport, which serves Orlando, Florida, USA.


MCO

(travel, aviation, dated) Initialism of miscellaneous charge order.


yo-yo

→ Italian: yo-yo

Genericized trademark. Most likely from Ilocano yóyo, or another Philippine cognate.

(aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.


JFK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for John F. Kennedy International Airport, which serves New York City, United States.


aircrew

The aircrew ran to the bomber.

A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft.


airline

But already there are some commercial airlines in the United States which use airplanes capable of more than 200 miles an hour.

1932, Amelia Earhart, “Air Trails of the Future”, in The Fun of It, page 205:

A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.


AFB

en-noun

AFB (countable and uncountable, plural AFBs)

(military, aviation) Initialism of air force base.


ANA

(Australia, aviation, historical) Initialism of Australian National Airways.


aerial photography

The activity or technique of photographing the earth's surface from an aircraft, rocket, etc.


garage

garage (countable and uncountable, plural garages)

→ Assamese: গেৰেজ (gerez)

→ Bengali: গ্যারেজ (gêrej)

→ Hindi: गेराज (gerāj)

→ Irish: garáiste

→ Japanese: ガレージ, グラージ

→ Malay: garaj

→ Scottish Gaelic: garaids

→ Sinhalese: ගරාජ් (garāj)

→ Urdu: گیراج (gerāj)

/ˈɡæ.ɹɑː(d)ʒ/

Borrowed from French garage (“keeping under cover, protection, shelter”), derivative of French garer (“to keep under cover, dock, shunt, guard, keep”), from Middle French garer, garrer, guerrer; partly from Old French garir, warir (from Old Frankish *warjan); and partly from Old French varer (“to fight, defend oneself, protect”), from Old Norse varask (“to defend oneself”), reflexive of vara (“to ware, watch out, defend”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to defend, ward off”), *warōną (“to watch, protect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”).

der

(aviation) A shed for housing an airship or aeroplane or a launchable missile; a hangar.


missed approach

en-noun

missed approach (plural missed approaches)

minimum descent altitude
minimum descent altitude

(aviation) A go-around from an instrument approach performed, for whatever reason, at a time when the aircraft is at or above the applicable decision height or minimum descent altitude.


terrain

terrain (countable and uncountable, plural terrains)

Unadapted borrowing from French terrain, from Latin terrenum (“land, ground”), neuter of terrenus (“consisting of earth”), from terra (“earth”).

This approach requires the aircraft to stay at an altitude of at least 3000 feet MSL until crossing the VOR in order to maintain terrain clearance.

controlled flight into terrain

TOO LOW, TERRAIN

(chiefly aviation) The surface of the earth; the ground.


airworthy

en-adj

airworthy (comparative airworthier or more airworthy, superlative airworthiest or most airworthy)

airworthier (comparative)
more airworthy (comparative)
airworthiest (superlative)
most airworthy (superlative)

An airworthy helicopter...

Doc Savage doubted that he would carry out the threat, and thought the plane was still airworthy.


vario

When he took his eyes off of where he was headed, his vario showed umpteen knots.


VD

en-noun

VD (countable and uncountable, plural VDs)

(aviation) The design diving speed of an aircraft; the highest speed which the aircraft is planned to reach during flight testing. Always higher than VNE (the speed that must not be exceeded in service).


Mach number

(physics) The ratio of the speed of a body to that of sound in the surrounding medium.


transonic

Passing from subsonic to supersonic, or vice versa.


sound barrier

sound barrier (countable and uncountable, plural sound barriers)

(uncountable) Sonic barrier, the sudden increase in drag (resistance) and other effects experienced by moving objects when their speed approaches that of sound or becomes supersonic (which used to be considered a barrier to higher speeds).

lydmur

drag and other effects of approaching the speed of sound


hypersonic

en-adj

hypersonic (comparative more hypersonic, superlative most hypersonic)

more hypersonic (comparative)
most hypersonic (superlative)

From hyper- + sonic. Doublet of supersonic.

He said there was worry among intelligence and military officials that China or Russia could be experimenting with hypersonic technology.

2021 June 3, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, “U.S. Finds No Evidence of Alien Technology in Flying Objects, but Can’t Rule It Out, Either”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(of a speed, aviation) Equal to, or greater than, or capable of achieving, five times the speed of sound.


hassle

en-verb

hassle (third-person singular simple present hassles, present participle hassling, simple past and past participle hassled)

hassles (present singular third-person)
hassling (participle present)
hassled (participle past)
hassled (past)

Unknown. Probably from US Southern dialectal hassle (“to pant, breathe noisily”), possibly from haste + -le (frequentative suffix).

Likewise, “hassling”—mock dogfighting—was strictly forbidden, and so naturally young fighter jocks could hardly wait to go up in, say, a pair of F–100s and start the duel by making a pass at each other at 800 miles an hour, […]

If you were caught 'hassling,' as we called dogfighting, your career could end. The edict against dogfighting divided our squadron into three factions.

(military, aviation, slang) To engage in a mock dogfight.


subsonic

(of a speed) (aviation) less than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure)

дозвукова

(of a speed) less than the speed of sound


airframe

This airframe has 2600 flight hours on it; the powerplant has just over 800.

The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).


supersonic

From super- + sonic. Doublet of hypersonic.

(of a speed) Greater than the speed of sound (in the same medium, and at the same temperature and pressure).


Mach

en-noun

Mach (countable and uncountable, plural Machs)

From Czech Mach, Slovak Mach, Polish Mach and related languages, from pet forms produced by truncation of personal names beginning with Ma- and the addition of the Slavic suffix -ch. Less commonly, a respelling of Hungarian Mács. In some cases, from Vietnamese or Cambodian.

The jet traveled at Mach 3.

(physics, uncountable) A ratio of the speed (of an object, etc.) to the speed of sound in the fluid or other medium through which the object travels. Usually used to describe supersonic speeds; always precedes the Mach number.


heckler

[…] the usual gap between the time the last strike of the day departed and the first night hecklers arrived was closed with "zippers" — night fighters who, using day fighter tactics, proceeded to the target in daylight in time to relieve the last day blanket patrol.

(US, military, slang) An aircraft flying attack missions at night.


rotation

rotation (countable and uncountable, plural rotations)

/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/

Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion.

(aviation) The step during takeoff when the pilot commands the vehicle to lift the nose wheel off the ground during the takeoff roll. (see also: V2)


backtrack

en-verb

backtrack (third-person singular simple present backtracks, present participle backtracking, simple past and past participle backtracked)

backtracks (present singular third-person)
backtracking (participle present)
backtracked (participle past)
backtracked (past)

Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.

(aviation) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.


droop

From Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.

der

(aviation) A hinged portion of the leading edge of an aeroplane's wing, which swivels downward to increase lift during takeoff and landing.

bec

aviation: a hinged portion of the leading edge


air show

a public display of stunt flying, aerobatics, and historical aircraft.


airstrip

The outfitter deposited us at a small airstrip out in the bush, promising to pick us up again in a week's time.

An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.


dihedral

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dihedral.wav

(aviation) Of wing pairs, inclined at an upward angle to each other.


airship

From air + ship.
* (jocular British sense): is in imitation of worship "form of address for magistrates et al., possibly also an oblique reference to Colonel Blimp.

Airships are posited to be cheaper to operate over time than fixed-wing aircraft, but as there are no large fleets, this is hard to prove in practice.

(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.

(US, law enforcement, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter.

On weekends, I liked to spend my time at the airport watching the various airships take off and land.


airship

en-verb

airship (third-person singular simple present airships, present participle airshipping, simple past and past participle airshipped)

airships (present singular third-person)
airshipping (participle present)
airshipped (participle past)
airshipped (past)


ADT

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Ada Municipal Airport, which serves Ada, Oklahoma, United States.


surge

From Middle English surgen, possibly from Middle French sourgir, from Old French surgir (“to rise, ride near the shore, arrive, land”), from Old Catalan surgir, from Latin surgō, contraction of surrigō, subrigō (“lift up, raise, erect; intransitive rise, arise, get up, spring up, grow, etc.”, transitive verb), from sub (“from below; up”) + regō (“to stretch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti (“to straighten; right”), from the root *h₃reǵ-; see regent.

der

(aviation) A momentary reversal of the airflow through the compressor section of a jet engine due to disruption of the airflow entering the engine's air intake, accompanied by loud banging noises, emission of flame, and temporary loss of thrust.

ryntäys

(aviation) a momentary reversal of the airflow


surge

en-verb

surge (third-person singular simple present surges, present participle surging, simple past and past participle surged)

surges (present singular third-person)
surging (participle present)
surged (participle past)
surged (past)

Use of maximum reverse thrust at low speeds can cause the engine to surge from ingesting its own exhaust.

(intransitive, aviation, of a jet engine) To experience a momentary reversal of airflow through the compressor section due to disruption of intake airflow.


Starfighter

(military, aviation) The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, a jet fighter-interceptor.


flare

→ Italian: flare

Origin unknown, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagrō (“I burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern.
The noun is derived from the verb.

unknown

Origin unknown

ярка светлина

source of brightly burning light or intense heat

Stulp

widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width

разкрояване

widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans

The captain executed the flare perfectly, and we lightly touched down.

In normal operations, the rate of descent (or sink rate) will be approximately constant as the airplane approaches the runway. The objective of the flare is to reduce the vertical speed to an acceptably low value at the time when contact is made with the ground. […] Typically, the airplane will slow down a little in the flare and the touchdown speed will be about 3 to 5 kt less than the speed at the screen height[…].

2018, Trevor M. Young, “Approach and Landing”, in Performance of the Jet Transport Airplane: Analysis Methods, Flight Operations, and Regulations, Hoboken, N.J., Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, section 11.2.2 (Landing Flare), page 285:

(aviation) The transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


flare

en-verb

flare (third-person singular simple present flares, present participle flaring, simple past and past participle flared)

flares (present singular third-person)
flaring (participle present)
flared (participle past)
flared (past)

unknown

Origin unknown

After a brief refueling stop in Fairbanks, Billy continued on to the cabin. As he flared the Huey [a helicopter] to land, he could see Moses running out of the cabin to greet him

2012, Wil Johnson, chapter 6, in Revenge and Restoration, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 35:

I had one instructor that called and said he had tried everything to solo his student but the guy just couldn't get the picture of what was expected. One time around the airport the student would flare the airplane twenty feet in the air, and the next time around he would fly the nose into the ground. […] He either flared out very high, or didn't flare out at all.

2013 May 31, Steve Grizzle, “As Flight Instructor”, in The 3 ‘P’ Man: Memoirs of a Perfect Life Adventure: A Preacher, a Pilot, and a Police Officer All in One Person, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 71–72:

(transitive, intransitive, aviation) To (operate an aircraft to) transition from downward flight to level flight just before landing.


SCO

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for San Francisco International Airport, which serves San Francisco, California, United States of America.


dirigible

/ˈdɪɹɪdʒəbəɫ/

From French dirigeable, from ballon dirigeable (“steerable balloon”).

On the opposite wall, the R101 tragedy is recalled by the airship's tattered ensign in a glass case, a plaque from the Royal Airship Works and a photograph of the dirigible at her moorings.

1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 101:

People had time to think up some questions, including reporters who shouted “Are you going to shoot down the balloon?” at President Biden shortly before the dirigible came down.

2023 February 4, Katie Rogers, “Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a … Chinese Spy Balloon?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(aviation) A self-propelled airship that can be steered.

lugskip

a self-propelled airship that can be steered


ACK

(international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Nantucket Memorial Airport, which serves Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States.


jetlag

(aviation) Alternative spelling of jet lag


hot-air balloon

en-noun

hot-air balloon (plural hot-air balloons)

A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air, carrying passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.

warmlugballon

balloon-shaped aircraft filled with hot air


aerostat

aerostat (nominative singular)
aerostaty (nominative plural)
aerostatu (genitive singular)
aerostatów (genitive plural)
aerostatowi (dative singular)
aerostatom (dative plural)
aerostat (accusative singular)
aerostaty (accusative plural)
aerostatem (instrumental singular)
aerostatami (instrumental plural)
aerostacie (locative singular)
aerostatach (locative plural)
aerostacie (singular vocative)
aerostaty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French aérostat. By surface analysis, aero- + -stat. First attested in 1784.

ref

Pamiętnik historyczno-polityczny przypadków, ustaw, osób, mieysc, i pism wiek nasz szczególniey interessuiących (in Polish), 1784, page 1194


trim

en-verb

trim (third-person singular simple present trims, present participle trimming, simple past and past participle trimmed)

trims (present singular third-person)
trimming (participle present)
trimmed (participle past)
trimmed (past)

From Middle English trimen, trymen, trümen, from Old English trymman (“to make firm; strengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *trummjan, from Proto-Germanic *trumjaną (“to make fast; strengthen”), from Proto-Germanic *trumaz (“firm; strong; sound”).

tasapainottaa

to modify the angle of a ship relative to the water

(transitive, aviation, of an aircraft) To adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs, so as to modify or eliminate the aircraft's tendency to pitch, roll, or yaw when the cockpit controls are released.

уравновесявам

to adjust the positions of control surfaces, sometimes using trim tabs


trim

en-noun

trim (countable and uncountable, plural trims)

varustelutaso

the manner in which something is equipped

(uncountable, aviation, of an aircraft) The state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained without requiring the continuous application of force to the cockpit controls.

compensation

the state of adjustment of control surfaces such that the desired attitude can be maintained

(uncountable, aviation, by extension) The mechanism(s) used to trim an aircraft in roll, pitch, and/or yaw.


jumbo jet

(informal) A large transport aircraft, especially the Boeing 747.


kk

(aviation, travel) confirm (originally a GDS status code, now often used as shorthand).


vint

az-noun

vint (definite accusative vinti, plural vintlər)

vinti (accusative definite)
vintlər (plural)
vint (nominative singular)
vintlər (nominative plural)
vinti (accusative definite singular)
vintləri (accusative definite plural)
vintə (dative singular)
vintlərə (dative plural)
vintdə (locative singular)
vintlərdə (locative plural)
vintdən (ablative singular)
vintlərdən (ablative plural)
vintin (definite genitive singular)
vintlərin (definite genitive plural)
vintim (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
vintin (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vinti (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
vintiniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vinti (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
vintimi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
vintini (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vintini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
vintinizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintlərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vintini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
vintimə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
vintinə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vintinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
vintinizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintlərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vintinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
vintimdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
vintində (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vintində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintlərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
vintinizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintlərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vintində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
vintimdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
vintindən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vintindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
vintinizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintlərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vintindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
vintimin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
vintlərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
vintinin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
vintlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
vintinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
vintlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
vintimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
vintlərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
vintinizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
vintlərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
vintinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
vintlərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Russian винт (vint, “screw”), from Polish gwint, from German Gewinde.


Bug

de-noun

Bug m (strong, genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

Buges (genitive)
Bugs (genitive)
Buge (plural)
Büge (plural)
Bug (nominative singular)
Buge (definite nominative plural)
Büge (definite nominative plural)
Buges (genitive singular)
Bugs (genitive singular)
Buge (definite genitive plural)
Büge (definite genitive plural)
Bug (dative singular)
Buge (dative singular)
Bugen (dative definite plural)
Bügen (dative definite plural)
Bug (accusative singular)
Buge (accusative definite plural)
Büge (accusative definite plural)

northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”).
The common contemporary meaning bow stems via Low German from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

inh

(nautical, aviation) bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)


roda

From Malay roda, from Portuguese roda, from Latin rota, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”).


Hurricane

Hawker Hurricane
Hurricane (disambiguation)#Places
Hurricane, Utah
Hurricane, West Virginia

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Hurricane.wav

(historical) A British fighter aircraft used during World War II, especially during the Battle of Britain.


Apollo

From Latin Apollō, from Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων (Apóllōn).

Apollo 11 landed people on the moon for the first time.

(NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the vehicles it created, used for human travel to the moon.


Gnat

(historical) A type of jet fighter aircraft.


Gnat

Gnat (genitive)
Gnats (plural)
Gnat (nominative singular)
Gnats (definite nominative plural)
Gnat (genitive singular)
Gnats (definite genitive plural)
Gnat (dative singular)
Gnats (dative definite plural)
Gnat (accusative singular)
Gnats (accusative definite plural)


Mosquito

(historical) The De Havilland Mosquito, a Second World War military aircraft.


Lincoln

From Old English Lindcoln, Lindcylene, from Latin Lindum Colonia, from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford. In the United States, many of the places established since 1865 are named after Abraham Lincoln.

(aviation) A high-altitude, long-range bomber based on the Avro Lancaster.