pushrod

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On 17 August 2005, a Saab 2000, at the ramp, with controls locked, was subjected to jet blast of around 126 kt (233 km/h) from a passing B747. This resulted in the bending of the left aileron control pushrod, causing it to fail at the time of takeoff. The crew had to make an emergency landing.

2013 May 14, Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, “1.16.9.5: Known events”, in Report: Accident on 9 August 2007 off the coast of Moorea (French Polynesia) to the DHC6-300 registered F-OIQI operated by Air Moorea, archived from the original on 2021-01-31, page 55:

(mechanical engineering) A rigid reciprocating rod that, by its movement, transmits force to actuate a mechanism.

(aviation) A rod used in the transmission of flight control inputs to an aircraft's control surfaces.


UAV

(aviation) Initialism of unmanned aerial vehicle or initialism of uncrewed aerial vehicle: an aircraft with no onboard pilot, and sometimes completely unpiloted, that is capable of controlled, sustained, level flight.


integrity

en-noun

integrity (countable and uncountable, plural integrities)

/ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/

/ɪnˈtɛɡɹɪti/

Borrowed from Middle French intégrité, from Latin integritās (“soundness, integrity”), from integer. Doublet of entirety.

der

(aviation) The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.


GMDSS

(nautical, aviation) Initialism of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. (an international set of safety procedures, equipment types, and communication protocols)


digital target

(aviation) A computer-generated symbol representing an aircraft's position, based on a primary return or radar beacon reply, shown on a digital display.


flight line

(aviation) The precise movement of a civil photogrammetric aircraft along a predetermined course at a predetermined altitude during the actual photographic run.

(aviation) The area of an airfield where aircraft may be parked and serviced, including hangars, but not including taxiways or runways.


digitized target

en-noun

digitized target (plural digitized targets)

(aviation) A computer-generated indication shown on an analog display resulting from a primary radar return or a radar beacon.


TTSN

(aviation) Initialism of total time since new: the duration of time for which an aircraft has been in active use since its manufacture.


onwing

(aviation) On the wing(s) of an aircraft.


cumulogranite

"That cumulogranite might've just put the fear of God into that squid pilot chasing us," the OSO reminded him.

(aviation, slang) Solid terrain, such as mountains, obscured by clouds and thus posing a risk to the pilot of an aircraft.


medical examiner

medical examiner (plural medical examiners)

aviation medical examiner
medical examiner

(aviation) A physician who examines pilots to ensure that they are medically fit to fly.


fenestron

Borrowed from French fenestron (“small window”), ultimately from Latin fenestra (“window”).

(aviation) A protected tail rotor of a helicopter, operating like a ducted fan.


FQI

(aviation) Initialism of fuel quantity indicator.


plasmasonic

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


PAPA

(aviation) Acronym of Parallax Aircraft Parking Aid.


SPS

(aviation) Initialism of stall protection/prevention system.


rocketplane

(aviation) Alternative spelling of rocket plane


RCAF

Royal Canadian Air Force
w:Royal Canadian Air Force

(Canada, military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Canadian Air Force.


CAF

Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force#English

(Canada, military, aviation) Initialism of Canadian Air Force., predecessor of and successor to the Royal Canadian Air Force


PCA

(aviation) Abbreviation of propulsion controlled aircraft (system/unit), an aircraft with a control system with two or more engines arrayed abreast, allowing descent, ascent, turns by adjusting the throttle control to the engines (sometimes used attributively).


afterburning

(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.


interplane

interplane strut

(aviation) Between the planes (wings) of a biplane or multiplane.


LSO

landing signal officer
w:landing signal officer

(aviation, nautical, military) Initialism of landing signal officer.


GIB

You undoubtedly know that each F-4 Phantom jet carried two pilots in separate, tandem cockpits. Major Dennis Harper was the frontseater and was the AC or Aircraft Commander. Jim was the backseater or the GIB.

2002, Lynda Twyman Paffrath, Angels Unknown, San Mateo, C.A.: Lightbourne Books, →ISBN, page 257:

When I originally checked out in the airplane, we got a few orientation rides in the backseat to familiarize us with the systems, but I was not very knowledgeable about all their intricacies. I came to have a much better appreciation of what the GIBs had to put up with in the back.

2007, Mike McCarthy, Phantom Reflections: The Education of an American Fighter Pilot in Vietnam, Westport, C.T., Lonton: Praeger Security International, →ISBN, page 154:

(aviation, slang) Initialism of guy in back (someone who sits in the back of a jet).


MDA

MDA (countable and uncountable, plural MDAs)

minimum descent altitude
minimum descent altitude#English

(aviation) Initialism of minimum descent altitude.


TEL

(automotive, aviation, organic chemistry) tetraethyllead (or tetraethyl lead, tetra-ethyl lead); a gasoline additive to boost octane rating


flow control

(aviation, US) The practice of holding aircraft on the ground in anticipation of congestion at destination airspace and airports.


flightworthy

en-adj

flightworthy (comparative more flightworthy, superlative most flightworthy)

more flightworthy (comparative)
most flightworthy (superlative)


F/O

(military, aviation) Abbreviation of flying officer.


on base

The Piper was on base for a landing on runway 9.

(aviation) Flying the base leg of an approach.


RTF

(aviation) Initialism of return to flight.


short finals

(aviation) The last section of an aircraft's approach to a runway.


localizer

instrument landing system
instrument landing system

(aviation) The component of an instrument landing system that provides runway centerline guidance to aircraft, but not glideslope information.


APU

auxiliary power unit
auxiliary power unit#English

(aviation) Initialism of auxiliary power unit.


RPP

(aviation, Canada) Initialism of recreational pilot permit.


autorotation

en-noun

autorotation (countable and uncountable, plural autorotations)

(aviation) The rotation of the blades of a helicopter driven solely by the action of ascending air

autorotazione

rotation of the blades of a helicopter by ascending air


deadstick

en-verb

deadstick (third-person singular simple present deadsticks, present participle deadsticking, simple past and past participle deadsticked)

deadsticks (present singular third-person)
deadsticking (participle present)
deadsticked (participle past)
deadsticked (past)

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(aviation) To land an aircraft without power.


deadstick

(aviation) Describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines.


semirigid

Semirigids were less expensive to build than rigids, and could be laid flat when deflated, making them much more convenient to store or transport long distances, while a semirigid's internal structural reinforcement allowed it to be built larger than a nonrigid and to fly faster without buckling or telescoping.

(aviation) An airship or dirigible which maintains its shape using a combination of internal pressure and a rigid structural framework.


GSA

(aviation, travel) Initialism of general sales agreement. A contact between an airline and a travel company to provide customer service in a region where the airline does not have an office.


EAS

470 kts is a known engineering constraint. The FCS is certified to 333 kts. However, a Loss of Control (LOC) will probably not occur unless the EAS is in excess of 470 kts, which will lead to an LOC due to over-gained and under-damped FCS gains.

2007 February 14, NASA, “1.4.2 Black Zones”, in Contingency Aborts 21007/31007, archived from the original on 2021-02-26, page 13:

equivalent airspeed
equivalent airspeed#English

(aviation) Initialism of equivalent airspeed.


Sukhoi

From Russian Сухо́й (Suxój), from сухо́й (suxój, “dry”).

(aviation) A Russian aircraft manufacturer.


SEAT

(US, aviation, firefighting) Acronym of single-engine air tanker.


go-around

After the autopilot was disconnected, the aircraft drifted above the glide path, and twice the captain coached the first officer to get the aircraft down to the glide path. The first officer reduced thrust in response to the captain’s first mention to get the aircraft down, and he reduced thrust to idle at about 80 feet agl. Moments later, the captain, aware that the aircraft was left of the centre line but not knowing the distance travelled down the runway, and not sure that a safe landing could be made, ordered a go-around, which the first officer acknowledged. 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.

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 2024-05-25, page 1:

(aviation) An abort of a final approach where the pilot circles the airport to make another attempt at landing.


stationkeeping

If you are using the night vision goggles they can aid in formation flight/stationkeeping.

1974, United States Army Aviation Digest, volume 20, page 15:

(aviation) The flying of aircraft in formation.


wingsuit

(aviation) A special jumpsuit, used in extreme sports like a parachute, which adds surface area to the wearer's body to create lift.


tailwheel

(aviation) A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.


derotation

en-noun

derotation (countable and uncountable, plural derotations)

(aviation, rare) The lowering of an aircraft's nose gear to the runway following touchdown on the main gear during landing.


zero-zero

Test vehicles used during this extensive programme were a launching stand for the zero-zero ejections...

Both cockpits were enclosed under a large canopy and both crew sat on zero-zero ejector seats.

1988, René J. Francillon, McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920:

To lessen these forces, as well as achieve zero-zero seat capability—the ability to eject while sitting motionless on the ground—rocket sustainers were added.

2002, Walter J. Boyne, Air warfare: an international encyclopedia: Volume 1, page 190:

(aviation, military) Pertaining to the ejection of the occupant of an aircraft from a grounded stationary position (i.e. zero altitude and zero airspeed).

Category IIIc ILS would enable landings in true zero-zero conditions (where the pilots can see nothing, not even the surface of the runway they're on), but the problem of blind taxiing - a necessary capability in order to make use of ILS-IIIc - remains unsolved.

(aviation) Pertaining to weather conditions of zero ceiling and zero visibility (i.e., opaque cloud all the way down to ground level), or to aircraft operations in such conditions.


LHX

light helicopter
light helicopter#English

(US, military, aviation) Initialism of light helicopter - experimental.


JSF

(aviation, military, US) Initialism of Joint Strike Fighter.


F/A

(US, military, aviation) fighter and attack aircraft (prefix)


VNE

(aviation) Initialism of velocity never exceed.


paper ticket

(travel, aviation) A conventional airline ticket, consisting of a coupon for each flight together with other administration coupons.


readback

Deverbal from read back, as in read that back to me, please.

(aviation, telecommunications) The repetition of a message one has received, in order to acknowledge it and to demonstrate accurate comprehension (especially of commands).


no-fly list

The no-fly list created by U.S. authorities, which singles out passengers who are potential terrorist threats, is the target of frequent criticism that it's incomplete and unreliable.

2005 April 18, Timothy J. Burger, “Extending the No-Fly Zone”, in Time:

(law, aviation) A confidential list containing the names of people who are not permitted to board an aircraft, prepared by government authorities in various jurisdictions and distributed to commercial airlines.


planform

(aviation) The shape and layout of a fixed-wing aircraft's fuselage and wing.


phugoid

The adjective is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φῠγή (phŭgḗ, “fleeing, flight; escape; retreat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to flee”)) + English -oid (suffix meaning ‘having the likeness of, resembling’, forming adjectives and nouns). The word was coined by the British aerodynamicist and engineer Frederick W. Lanchester (1868–1946) in his book Aerodonetics (1908), the author mistaking the meaning of φῠγή (phŭgḗ) to be “flight” in the sense of “the act of flying”: see the quotations.
The noun is derived from the adjective.

nb...

􂀿...􂁀 With Appendices on the Theory and Application of the Gyroscope, on the Flight of Projectiles, etc.

The Phugoid theory deals with the longitudinal stability, and the form and equations of the flight path of an aerodone.

1908, F[rederick] W[illiam] Lanchester, “The Phugoid Theory—The Equations of the Flight Path”, in Aerodonetics: Constituting the Second Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight […], London: Archibald Constable & Co. […], →OCLC, § 18 (Introductory), page 37:

(aeronautics, aviation) Of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.

fugoidi-

of the motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object: continuously oscillating in a vertical plane


phugoid

As the amplitude of the phugoid is increased beyond the limits of the semicircle, there is a rapid shortening of the time period as shown by the manner in which the time curve falls away almost immediately after that critical form of flight path is passed. […] [I]f we select phugoids of greater and greater velocity, for a given aerodone the form of the tumbler curve approximates more and more closely to a circle of radius #61;2H#95;n.

1908, F[rederick] W[illiam] Lanchester, “The Phugoid Theory—The Flight Path Plotted”, in Aerodonetics: Constituting the Second Volume of a Complete Work on Aerial Flight […], London: Archibald Constable & Co. […], →OCLC, § 35 (The Time Period and Form of the Phugoid Path. Special Cases (continued).), page 63:

As well as physical debris, the report drew on recent analysis by Australian defense scientists of burst frequency signals from Flight 370 to satellites that indicated the aircraft had been descending fast, likely in an automated series of swooping dives called fugoids.

2016 November 2, Rob Taylor, “Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 likely in steep dive before crash”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

(aeronautics, aviation) The motion of an aircraft, missile, or other flying object continuously oscillating in a vertical plane due to the object pitching up and climbing, thus slowing down; then pitching down and descending, thus speeding up.


Pixie

(informal, aviation, travel) Air Niugini


OTA

en-noun

OTA (countable and uncountable, plural OTAs)

(travel, aviation) Initialism of online travel agency/agent.

(aviation) Initialism of on-time arrival.


low cost carrier

low cost carrier (plural low cost carriers)

(aviation, travel) An airline that sells very inexpensive tickets but which does not provide (or charges for) typical services like meals or the carriage of baggage.

格安航空会社

かくやすこうくうがいしゃ


STOLport

(aviation) An airport designed for STOL or short-field operations.


HTOL

(aviation) Initialism of horizontal takeoff and landing.


ADS

Coordinate term: TIS

(aviation) Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance.


VMS

(aviation, space science) Initialism of Virgin Mothership: used by Virgin Galactic spacelines.


VSS

(aviation, space science) Virgin SpaceShip — spaceship prefix for Virgin Galactic spacelines


mogas

mogas (countable and uncountable, plural mogases or mogasses)

(aviation) Automotive gasoline suitable for use in some piston-engined gasoline powered aircraft.


WIG

(aviation, nautical) Initialism of wing-in-ground.


WISE

(aviation, nautical) Acronym of wing-in-surface effect.


autogas

autogas (countable and uncountable, plural autogases or autogasses)

Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users.

1988, Kas Thomas, Fuel and oil systems: basic and advanced light plane maintenance:

In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7.

1994, Michael J. Kroes with Thomas W. Wild, Aircraft powerplants:

Autogas can be obtained for a fraction of the cost of avgas, but its use is not without controversy.

2006, The AOPA pilot: voice of general aviation, volume 49, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association:

(US, Canada, aviation) Automotive gasoline suitable for use in piston-engined gasoline-powered aircraft.


ekranoplane

(aviation, nautical) Alternative spelling of ekranoplan


ekranoplan

Borrowed from Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán), itself derived from экра́н (ekrán, “screen”) as used in экранный эффе́кт (ekrannyj effékt, “ground effect”), from French écran, + the root of French planer (“to glide, to hover”).

ground-effect vehicle
ground-effect vehicle

(aviation, nautical) a ground-effect vehicle


wave off

en-verb

wave off (third-person singular simple present waves off, present participle waving off, simple past and past participle waved off)

waves off (present singular third-person)
waving off (participle present)
waved off (participle past)
waved off (past)

(aviation, nautical, military) Of an aircraft carrier landing signal officer, to signal a pilot to go around.


(military, aviation, US) Misspelling of P-3.


groundcrew

(aviation) The crew that handles and maintains aircraft on the ground.


MIG

(aviation) Misspelling of MiG. (aircraft)


ADF

(aviation) Initialism of automatic direction finder.


PTOL

(aviation) Acronym of point takeoff and landing.


plating carrier

en-noun

plating carrier (plural plating carriers)

From the plates, shaped like a credit card with a raised airline name, formerly used when paper tickets were issued.

(aviation, travel industry) The airline that a ticket has been issued on behalf of.


dive bomber

(aviation, historical) A bomber aircraft that dives directly at its target in order to drop a bomb with greater accuracy.


FOHE

(aviation) Initialism of fuel oil heat exchanger: a heat exchanger that uses hot oil to heat fuel, used to prevent sensitive fuel-line components from freezing or being clogged with ice.


ACARS

(aviation) Acronym of aircraft communications addressing and reporting system.


coterminal

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(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.


lazy eight

(aviation) An aerobatic maneuver consisting of 1/4 looping up, wingover (left or right), 1/2 looping down+up, wingover (right or left), 1/4 looping down.


UAT

UAT (countable and uncountable, plural UATs)

(aviation) Abbreviation of universal access transceiver.


SST

SST (countable and uncountable, plural SSTs)

Here he found a selection of French crèmes fraîches at prices implying transport via SST.

2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:

supersonic transport
w:supersonic transport

(aviation) Initialism of supersonic transport.


C of A

certificate of airworthiness
certificate of airworthiness#English

(aviation) Initialism of certificate of airworthiness.


ULCC

ultra low cost carrier
ultra low cost carrier#English

(aviation) Abbreviation of ultra low cost carrier.


VLOC

(aviation) Abbreviation of VOR/Localizer.

(aviation, travel) Abbreviation of vendor locator.


CWT

(aviation) Initialism of center wing tank (a fuel tank located in the fuselage between an aircraft's wings).


NOTAM

Translingual: NOTAM

French: NOTAM

(aviation) Abbreviation of notice to airmen (to inform pilots of hazards). An updated gender-neutral version of this abbreviation can be rendered as "notice to air missions".


AFF

(aviation, parachuting) Initialism of accelerated freefall.


rockoon

(aviation, astronautics) A rocket, powered by solid fuel, that is not lit while on the ground but first carried into the upper atmosphere by a gas-filled balloon, then separated from the balloon and automatically ignited to allow it to achieve a higher altitude.


PAPI

PAPI (countable and uncountable, plural PAPIs)

precision approach path indicator#English

(countable, aviation) Acronym of precision approach path indicator.


MCA

MCA (countable and uncountable, plural MCAs)

minimum crossing altitude
w:minimum crossing altitude

(aviation) Initialism of minimum crossing altitude.


SLD

supercooled large droplet
supercooled large droplet#English

(meteorology, aviation) Initialism of supercooled large droplet.


OPV

optionally piloted vehicle
optionally piloted vehicle#English

(military, aviation, US) Initialism of optionally piloted vehicle.


optionally piloted vehicle

optionally piloted vehicle (plural optionally piloted vehicles)

(US, military, aviation) An aircraft that may be manned or unmanned, able to function in either mode without modification.


antiair

(military, aviation) Synonym of antiaircraft


graveyard spiral

graveyard spiral (plural graveyard spirals)

(aviation) The downward, corkscrew-motion of a disabled aircraft which is unrecoverably headed for a crash.


death spiral

“We call this getting yourself in a square corner, when you run out of ideas and experience at the same time,” said Mr. Barr, a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War. “[…] Even for a good pilot, that could produce a death spiral.”

1999 July 21, Mike Allen, Matthew L. Wald, “Maneuver by Kennedy's Plane Suggests He Was Disoriented”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

syöksykierre

motion of an aircraft headed for a crash


LHD

LHD (countable and uncountable, plural LHDs)

Coordinate term: LHA

amphibious assault ship
amphibious assault ship#English

(nautical, military, aviation) Initialism of landing, helicopter, dock.: A type of amphibious assault ship that has a dock for handling landing crafts, and a deck for handling helicopters.


SRV

suborbital reusable vehicle
suborbital reusable vehicle#English

(aviation) Abbreviation of suborbital reusable vehicle.


parapublic

en-adj

parapublic (comparative more parapublic, superlative most parapublic)

more parapublic (comparative)
most parapublic (superlative)

From para- (“near to, alongside”) + public.

The H135 has gained popularity in China in recent years, performing various parapublic, corporate and tourism missions.

2016 June 13, Mark Huber, “China Signs $790M Deal for 100 Airbus H135 Helicopters”, in Aviation International News:

Speaking on the parapublic market, Rochereau said there was increasing demand in the law enforcement, maritime security and helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) segments with Airbus' light-twin H135 helicopter as the top choice.

2022 March 28, Bilqis Bahari, “Big growth potential in Malaysia's military, parapublic helicopters market, says Airbus”, in New Straits Times:

Aircraft and helicopter manufacturer Airbus highlights its growth potential in the Philippines' military and parapublic helicopter sectors.

2022 April 28, Ed Paolo Salting, “Airbus sees prospects in heli market”, in The Manila Times:

(chiefly aviation) Having ties to both the public and private sector; partially funded or managed by the government.


slow roll

(aviation) A maneuver in which the aircraft makes a complete rotation around its roll axis while maintaining a straight and level flight path.


water landing

(aviation) An emergency landing in water, especially by aircraft not designed to land on water.


final approach

en-noun

final approach (plural final approaches)

(aviation) The last part of a landing before touchdown, involving a descending flight path directly in the direction of the runway.


gravity drop

(aviation) The deployment of an aircraft's landing gear by the use of gravity.


floatstick

(aviation) A device used to measure the fuel level on modern aircraft.


tailstrike

(aviation) Unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.


belly landing

(aviation) A landing of an aircraft without the landing gear being deployed.


emergency landing

emergency landing (plural emergency landings)

(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.

迫降

landing made in an emergency — see also crash landing


crossfeed

(aviation, astronautics) The supplying of one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or of an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.


crossfeed

en-verb

crossfeed (third-person singular simple present crossfeeds, present participle crossfeeding, simple past and past participle crossfed)

crossfeeds (present singular third-person)
crossfeeding (participle present)
crossfed (participle past)
crossfed (past)

(aviation, astronautics) To supply one fuel tank of an aircraft or rocket with fuel from another, or an engine with fuel from a tank connected to a different engine.


explosive decompression

en-noun

explosive decompression (countable and uncountable, plural explosive decompressions)

(aviation, medicine) A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.


decision height

decision height (plural decision heights)

(aviation) The height at which a pilot performing a precision approach must decide whether to land on the runway or to perform a go-around maneuver.


overgross

en-verb

overgross (third-person singular simple present overgrosses, present participle overgrossing, simple past and past participle overgrossed)

overgrosses (present singular third-person)
overgrossing (participle present)
overgrossed (participle past)
overgrossed (past)

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɡɹəʊs/

Not a problem. Not enough weight to overgross the plane.

1999, Dana Stabenow, So Sure of Death, page 32:

Unalakleet was the only good fuel stop available as my outbound load from Kotzebue for that long leg was already far overgrossing my poor 145 h.p. Cessna 172.

2010, CloudDancer, Clouddancer's Alaskan Chronicles, Volume III: The Tragedies, →ISBN:

(aviation, transitive) To load (a plane) with too much weight, thereby impairing its ability to fly.


rejected takeoff

en-noun

rejected takeoff (plural rejected takeoffs)

(aviation) A takeoff of an aircraft which is aborted by the pilot.


rudderpost

(aviation) A vertical support on an aircraft's tail section, that connects the rudder to the vertical stabilizer.


unfeather

en-verb

unfeather (third-person singular simple present unfeathers, present participle unfeathering, simple past and past participle unfeathered)

unfeathers (present singular third-person)
unfeathering (participle present)
unfeathered (participle past)
unfeathered (past)

unfeather the propeller

(aviation) To disengage the controls that rotate the blades of a propeller perpendicular to the axis of the propeller.


thrust reverser

en-noun

thrust reverser (plural thrust reversers)

(aviation) A feature of modern aircraft that diverts the exhaust of the aircraft engines forward to function as a brake.


evacuation slide

evacuation slide (plural evacuation slides)

In case of an emergency, evacuation slides will inflate.

(aviation) An inflatable slide used to evacuate passengers from an aircraft.

hätäliukumäki

an inflatable slide used to evacuate passengers from an aircraft


overweather

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈwɛðə(ɹ)/

This quest for greater knowledge to be utilized in connection with its aircraft of the near future is to be sought through TWA's new experimental overweather laboratory plane.

1936, Flying Magazine, volume 19, number 6, page 35:

(aviation) Flying high enough to avoid storms and turbulence.


CSG

CSG (countable and uncountable, plural CSGs)

carrier strike group
carrier strike group#English

(military, nautical, aviation) Abbreviation of carrier strike group.

carrier surface group
carrier surface group#English

(military, nautical, aviation) Abbreviation of carrier surface group.

carrier surface assertion group
carrier surface assertion group#English

(military, nautical, aviation) Abbreviation of carrier surface assertion group.


special service requirement

special service requirement (plural special service requirements)

(aviation, travel industry) A request for special treatment for a passenger such as a special diet or mobility assistance, sent from an agent to an airline, to which a reply will be returned.

OSI

Similar, but not replied to by the airline


higher intermediate point

higher intermediate point (plural higher intermediate points)

(travel, aviation, fare construction) A place on an itinerary to which there is a higher fare than the destination or next fare break point.


higher intermediate fare

higher intermediate fare (plural higher intermediate fares)

(aviation, travel industry, fare construction) An airfare that is higher at a midpoint than the destination or next fare break point.


currency adjustment factor

currency adjustment factor (plural currency adjustment factors)

(travel industry, aviation) (Formerly, no longer in use) An IATA defined amount used to adjust Fare Construction Units in international airfare calculations.


NOTAR

(aviation) Acronym of no tail rotor, a helicopter anti-torque system which replaces the use of a tail rotor.


double open jaw

double open jaw (plural double open jaws)

(travel, aviation) A fare construction on a single return ticket where the origin and destination of the first flight are both different from the origin and destination on the return flight.


open jaw

(travel, aviation) A fare construction where the destination is not the same as the origin point for the return, or where the origin differs from the return destination.


MAP

MAP (countable and uncountable, plural MAPs)

missed approach point
missed approach point#English

(aviation) Initialism of missed approach point.


ground-effect vehicle

ground-effect vehicle (plural ground-effect vehicles)

(aviation, nautical) An aircraft that uses aerodynamic ground effect to attain level flight near the surface of water.


transient luminous event

transient luminous event (plural transient luminous events)

Transient luminous events can be another source of ionization in the upper atmosphere.

2010, Rafael Escribano Torres, Isabel Tanarro Onrubiay, Spectroscopy of the atmospheres, CSIC, page 34:

During World War II (and probably before), high flying pilots were reported to have observed unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP), often now called transient luminous events (TLE’s), particularly in the vicinity of thunderstorms.

2012, Don Lipman, “Red sprites, blue jets, and elves What are these mysterious, elusive phenomena?”, in The Washington Post:

Known as Transient Luminous Events (TLEs), these unusual features were first spotted by accident in 1989.

2018, Mary Halton, “Hunting mystery giant lightning from space”, in BBC News:

(astronomy, meteorology, aviation) Any of a variety of upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms.


control tower

As he taxied out to the far side of the field, 38-year-old Captain Benton R. ("Lucky") Baldwin was cleared for takeoff. The control tower gave him his choice of two runways—No. 13 or No. 18.

1947 June 9, “National Affairs: Holocaust at LaGuardia”, in Time:

(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.


nosegear

(aviation) An undercarriage or landing gear located underneath the nose of an aircraft.


QRH

(aviation) Abbreviation of quick reference handbook.


ALS

ALS (countable and uncountable, plural ALSs or ALSes)

(aviation, countable) Initialism of approach lighting system.


wheelbarrowing

(aviation) The loss of control caused by excessive forward pressure on the elevator control of an aeroplane with a nosewheel during takeoff or landing.


supermaneuverability

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(aviation) The quality of aircraft defined as a threshold of attitude control exceeding that which is possible by pure aerodynamic maneuverability.


slamdunk approach

slamdunk approach (plural slamdunk approaches)

slam dunk approach
slam dunk approach#English

(aviation) Alternative spelling of slam dunk approach


slam-dunk approach

slam-dunk approach (plural slam-dunk approaches)


slam dunk approach

slam dunk approach (plural slam dunk approaches)

(aviation) a final approach whereupon the airplane intercepts the ILS glideslope from above, instead of as normally from below


dogship

It is now planned to have complete drawing release for the pilot production AMCS units before the first missile is fired from any aircraft. (Initial firings will be from an A3 dogship).

1970, United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations, TFX Contract Investigation:

The Sperry Gyroscope Company's DC-3 “dogship” proved the concept in test flights at the Sperry plant in Long Island, New York.

2005, Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee, Airplane Stability and Control, page 103:

After this, the Mikoyan OKB undertook a redesign of the fuel system; the changes were to be verified on the third production MiG-31, '201 Blue' (f/n 0102-01), a long-serving 'dogship'.

2011, Yefim Gordon, Dmitriy Komissarov, Flight Craft 8: Mikoyan MiG-31: Defender of the Homeland, page 16:

(aviation, informal) An experimental model of an aircraft.


industry discount

industry discount (plural industry discounts)

(aviation) A discounted air fare for airlines staff.


global indicator

global indicator (plural global indicators)

(aviation) A two-letter indicator used in fare construction to indicate the basic routing that the fare applies to.


NUC

neutral unit of construction
w:neutral unit of construction

(aviation, travel) Initialism of neutral unit of construction.


SIGMET

Abbreviation of Significant Meteorological Information.

(meteorology, aviation) A weather advisory concerning the safety of all aircraft.


cocarde

(aviation) Alternative form of cockade, an emblem on an airplane's wing indicating its nationality.


broken bird

He threw off his helmet, released himself from the belts, straps, hoses and wires and climbed down from the broken bird.

1999, Peter J. Azzole, Hell to Pay, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 58:

(aviation) An unflyable aircraft, particularly one that has been grounded or downed.


technical stop

The aircraft completed a nine hour flight to Athens, where a technical stop was made for refuelling. A Transit Check was completed and the aircraft departed for Jeddah in less than one hour. The aircraft arrived in Jeddah at about 0840 hours on 3 July.

1993 June, Presidency of Civil Aviation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, “1.17.8.4 Flight Schedule”, in McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-61, C-GMXQ, accident at King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 11 July 1991, archived from the original on 2022-05-14:

w:International Civil Aviation Organization

(aviation) A stop performed for purposes other than loading or unloading traffic, such as refuelling, maintenance, or repairs.


Tripehound

From tripehound, from the similar sound to triplane. Referring to the informal name given by British and allied WW1 airmen to the German Fokker triplane.

(aviation, slang, dated) A Sopwith Triplane.


rollaboard

Convinced overhead bins will bust open, rollaboards will rain down like enemy fire and oxygen masks will drop, I clutch the armrests and begin to sweat like Roy Jones Jr. in the 12th round of a prizefight.

(aviation) A wheeled suitcase that is carry-on luggage.


rollaboard

(aviation) (of luggage) having wheels for use as carry-on luggage


FIT

FIT (countable and uncountable, plural FITs)

(uncountable, aviation, travel industry) Initialism of fully inclusive tour.

(uncountable, aviation, travel industry) Initialism of fully independent travel.


VMC

VMC (countable and uncountable, plural VMCs)

(aviation) Initialism of visual meteorological conditions.


cannular

(aviation, of the combustor of a jet engine) Having multiple individual burner cans within a single annular pressure vessel.


SPB

super pressure balloon
super pressure balloon#English

(aviation) Abbreviation of super pressure balloon.


absolute ceiling

absolute ceiling (plural absolute ceilings)

(aviation) The maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions.

絕對升限 /绝对升限

the maximum altitude above sea level that an aircraft or missile can maintain horizontal flight under normal conditions


BPR

(aviation) Abbreviation of bypass ratio.


absolute altitude

absolute altitude (countable and uncountable, plural absolute altitudes)

(aviation) The vertical distance between the airplane and the surface below.


second officer

(aviation) The flight engineer of an aircraft.


flight engineer

flight engineer (plural flight engineers)

(aviation) A member of the flight crew in certain (mainly older) aircraft who monitors and operates many to most aircraft systems.


UNCK WT

(aviation) (on an airline ticket) Abbreviation of unchecked weight.


fare basis

(travel, aviation) An alphanumeric or alphabetic code used to indicate the type of fare used on an airline ticket, even if the fare is not shown.


baggage check

(travel, aviation) the part of a boarding pass, or a separate stub, that identifies the passenger's baggage and permits it to be collected at the destination.


pudknocker

I'll tell you. We got two categories of pilots around here. We got your prime pilots that get all the hot planes. And we got you pudknockers who dream about getting the hot planes.

(aviation slang) A pretentious but unskilled pilot.


MSL

(aviation, meteorology, oceanography) Initialism of mean sea level.


buttock line

(aviation, ship-building) A curve indicating the shape of an airfoil or nautical equivalent in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the craft or vessel.


windmill restart

windmill restart (plural windmill restarts)

(aviation) A restart of a jet engine using the kinetic energy of the aircraft.


LPT

LPT (countable and uncountable, plural LPTs)


airmiss

(aviation) An incident where two aircraft almost collide.


adcol

(travel, aviation) Abbreviation of additional collection: the additional cost of airfare, taxes, and airline fees, on a reissued airline ticket


LCC

LCC (countable and uncountable, plural LCCs)

low cost carrier
low cost carrier#English

(aviation, travel) Initialism of low cost carrier.


TTL

TTL (countable and uncountable, plural TTLs)

ticket time limit
ticket time limit#English

(aviation and travel) Initialism of ticket time limit.


UNMR

(travel, aviation) Abbreviation of unaccompanied minor.


global distribution system

global distribution system (plural global distribution systems)

(travel, aviation) a multi-access reservation system used by the travel industry and airlines. Abbreviated as GDS.


clue card

global distribution system
global distribution system

(travel, aviation) A printed card with basic entries listed for a global distribution system.


GDS

You see, middlemen are dying. Sabre, the former AA subsidiary that is now an independent global distribution system (GDS) supplying travel agencies and online travel agencies with ticket and pricing information, recently announced it was raising the rates it charges on AA tickets. This move was an escalation of a battle that has been brewing between airlines and GDSs.

2012, Kaihan Krippendorff, “Today's Business Revolution”, in Outthink the Competition: How a New Generation of Strategists Sees Options Others Ignore, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 21:

Global Distribution System
global distribution system#English

(travel, aviation) Initialism of Global Distribution System.


ticket time limit

ticket time limit (plural ticket time limits)

(aviation, travel, fare construction) The date and time by which a ticket must be issued for a reservation to avoid cancellation of the booking and/or expiration of the fare quote.


victory roll

(aviation) An aileron roll performed to celebrate a victory.


wing warping

(aviation, historical) an early system for lateral (roll) control on a fixed-wing aircraft, involving the flexing of the wing to achieve movement.


TLE

TLE (countable and uncountable, plural TLEs)

transient luminous event
transient luminous event#English

(meteorology, aviation) Initialism of transient luminous event.


EMALS

w:Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System

(military, aviation) Initialism of Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System.


DAPO

(aviation, travel) Acronym of do all possible (followed by requested task).


elephant ear

It did not have the “elephant ears” on the ailerons like the earlier Waco Model 9.

1990, Alaskan Aviation History: 1929-1930, page 714:

(aviation, slang) A section of aileron that protrudes beyond the wing.


traffic conference area

traffic conference area (plural traffic conference areas)

(aviation, travel) any of the three IATA world-wide subdivisions used by the airline industry.


STOVL

(military, aviation) Acronym of short takeoff and vertical landing.


STOBAR

short take-off but arrested recovery
w:short take-off but arrested recovery

(military, aviation) Acronym of short take-off but arrested recovery.


MSC

(aviation, travel) Initialism of Most Significant Carrier, a method used by some airlines to determine the baggage allowance of a multi-carrier air ticket.


ticketer

(aviation, travel) a person responsible for ticket issue.


STPC

(travel, aviation) Initialism of stopover paid by carrier. Pre-arranged hotel transit accommodation, paid by an airline to encourage use of a bad connection on their services.


end item

(dated, travel, aviation) (In an airline reservation system) a symbol, usually represented by the hash or plus key, used to join several lines of instruction together without the need to enter each separately.


FLIFO

(travel, aviation) Abbreviation of flight information.


three green

From the green indicator lights on the aircraft panel, one for each wheel or set of wheels.

(aviation) A confirmation given by the pilots that the landing gear has gone down successfully and has locked.


hot and high

(aviation) Operating in hot climates and at high altitude.

(aviation) Having both speed and altitude too high for the landing approach


flight interruption manifest

flight interruption manifest (plural flight interruption manifests)

(aviation) A substitute ticket issued by an airline due to a schedule change or other disruption to their service, allowing travel on another airline.


pitchable

pitchable tips


(aviation) The Agusta A.106 prototype helicopter, which never made it into pre-production.


airprox

(aviation) A near miss between aircraft.


(aviation) The Agusta A109 twin-engine utility helicopter.


vendor locator

(aviation, travel) A unique alphanumeric reference given by a computer reservations system to each sector of a travel booking.


AABSHIL

(aviation) Initialism of aircraft anti-collision beacon system high-intensity lighting.


agency debit memo

agency debit memo (plural agency debit memos)

(aviation, travel) An official notification that a travel agency has underpaid an airline for a ticket or similar, or is being fined by the airline for failure to adhere to fare rules or airline policy.


agency credit memo

agency credit memo (plural agency credit memos)

(aviation, travel) an official notification that a travel agency has overpaid an airline for a ticket or similar travel arrangements.


taileron

(aviation) A kind of tailplane or stabilator that can move differentially to perform the roll control function of an aileron.


SOTO

(aviation, travel, fare construction, dated) Sold outside, ticketed outside,(relative to the country of origin of travel).


SITO

(aviation, travel, fare construction, dated) Sold inside, ticketed outside, (relative to the country of origin of travel).


SITI

(aviation, travel, fare construction, dated) Sold inside, ticketed inside. (relative to the country of origin of travel).


SOTI

(aviation, travel, fare construction, dated) Sold outside, ticketed inside. (relative to the country of origin of travel).


rotating beacon

rotating beacon (plural rotating beacons)

(aviation, chiefly US) A rotating location light installed at an airport, allowing the type of airport to be determined by the color and speed of the rotation.


stripless

a stripless system for air traffic control

(aviation) Without the use of paper control strips.


ground loop

(aviation) A sudden, potentially damaging turn made by an aircraft while on the ground, owing to user error or adverse weather conditions.


ground loop

en-verb

ground loop (third-person singular simple present ground loops, present participle ground looping, simple past and past participle ground looped)

ground loops (present singular third-person)
ground looping (participle present)
ground looped (participle past)
ground looped (past)

I slewed into the deep grass, throttled up again to regain runway speed, tried to abort the take-off and ground-looped through the perimeter fence.

2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 41:

(aviation) To suffer a ground loop manoeuvre.


AHRS

attitude heading reference system#English

(aviation) Initialism of attitude heading reference system.


get-there-itis

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(aviation) The determination of a pilot to reach a destination even when conditions for flying are very dangerous (in technical terms, a form of plan continuation bias).


Hindenburg

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(aviation, historical) A German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship that was destroyed by fire on May 6, 1937.

Hindenburg

the German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship


aerialism

(aviation, obsolete) aerial navigation; aeronautics; aviation


aerobate

aerobate (third-person singular simple present aerobates, present participle aerobating, simple past and past participle aerobated)

aerobates (present singular third-person)
aerobating (participle present)
aerobated (participle past)
aerobated (past)

A Harvard was then aerobated with commendable elan, accompanied by the usual powerful noises and public comment. By this time everyone's aeronautical appetite was thoroughly whetted to receive the next event[…]

1948, The Aeroplane, volume 75, page 412:

As the tower clears us downwind for landing, we thread our way gingerly through a hurtling mass of aerobating lightplanes.

1966 August, Flying Magazine, volume 79, number 2:


dog tooth

en-noun

dog tooth (plural dog teeth or dog tooths)

(aviation, informal) A sharp zig-zag pattern on the leading edge of a wing which increases the vorticity over the wing and reduces spanwise flow.


trolley trasher

trolley trasher (plural trolley trashers)

(aviation, informal) A flight attendant.


$100 hamburger

It’s called hunting the $100 hamburger — “$100” referring to the cost of fuel — sort of the aeronautical equivalent of lazy Sunday drives in which the destination isn’t as important as the pleasure of getting away.

2007 October 26, Matthew Preusch, “Cleared for Lunching: The $100 Hamburger”, in New York Times:

(aviation, slang) A general aviation flight that involves flying a short distance, eating a meal, and flying back.


dripstick

(aviation) A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.


airframer

(aviation) maker of airframes, aircraft manufacturer


precooler

(aviation) A device which cools the incoming airstream prior to its introduction into the combustion chamber or compressor.


miscellaneous charge order

miscellaneous charge order (plural miscellaneous charge orders)

(travel, aviation, dated) An accountable document similar to an airline ticket, used to pay for travel related services such as hotels and car hire.


QEC

(aviation) Initialism of quick engine change.


GNV

(aviation) Gainesville Regional Airport, by FAA airport code

(by extension) Gainesville, Florida, USA


MPM

MPM (countable and uncountable, plural MPMs)

maximum permitted mileage
maximum permitted mileage#English

(travel, aviation) Initialism of maximum permitted mileage.


ticket point mileage

ticket point mileage (plural ticket point mileages)

(travel, aviation) An officially stated distance between two cities, used in airline fare calculations regardless of the airports used


maximum permitted mileage

maximum permitted mileage (plural maximum permitted mileages)

ticket point mileage
ticket point mileage

(aviation, travel) In fare construction, the permitted total of ticket point mileages allowed between two fare break points.


fare break point

fare break point (plural fare break points)

(travel, aviation, fare construction) Any of the cities on an itinerary used as the start and finish of a particular fare.


CKIN

(travel, aviation) Abbreviation of check-in.


V speed

(aviation) Any of a group of standard airspeeds.


aeroneurosis

A pilot who is under par physically soon becomes a prey to aeroneurosis. He will dislike to take the air and may actually fear to leave the ground.

1940 April, Stephen Bates, "Flight Surgeon," Popular Aviation, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 90 (Google preview)

By April 1943 the flight surgeons could detect a growing number of aeroneuroses among their aircrews. The strain of constant overwater flying rested particularly heavily upon the navigators, but it was severe for all air personnel.

1983, Wesley Frank Craven, James Lea Cate, editors, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Four, →ISBN, page 274:

Gotch had described aeroneurosis developing in flying training and considered that it was infectious, commenting that "one pupil who has given up flying [is] followed ... by 2 or 3 more in the same week."

2006, David Gradwell, David J Rainford, editors, Ernsting's Aviation Medicine, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 740:

(aviation, medicine, pathology) A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.


sideslip

(aviation) A flight manoeuvre that uses opposing rudder and aileron inputs to move the aircraft sideways without turning it.

(aviation) A flight maneuver to rapidly lose speed and/or altitude whilst not altering the aircraft's ground track.

(aviation) A flight condition where an aircraft's longitudinal axis is not aligned with its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.

(aviation, uncountable, by extension) The angle between an aircraft's longitudinal axis and its direction of motion relative to the surrounding air.


sideslip

en-verb

sideslip (third-person singular simple present sideslips, present participle sideslipping, simple past and past participle sideslipped)

sideslips (present singular third-person)
sideslipping (participle present)
sideslipped (participle past)
sideslipped (past)

(aviation) To perform, or place an aircraft in, a sideslip.


rubber jungle

By the way, when all the masks are hanging out, it's sometimes referred to as the "rubber jungle."

2006 May 15, Meryl Getline, “Ask the Captain: When oxygen masks mysteriously appear”, in USAToday.com, retrieved 2014-03-21:

From the day before, an accidental deployment of oxygen masks—a rubber jungle, in airline-speak—was discussed.

2007 March 18, Jeff Bailey, “After service disruptions, airlines are saying they're sorry”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-03-21:

I looked back to see what was going on, and observed a rubber jungle of oxygen masks hanging from the overhead bins.

2013, Jim Lewis, Short Tales by a Tall Pilot, →ISBN, page 89:

(aviation, informal) In a commercial passenger airliner, the dense, forest-like profusion of suspended tubes, straps, bags, and masks which results when large numbers of oxygen masks are deployed.


aerothermochemistry

(physical chemistry, aviation) The thermochemistry of gases, especially in regard to high-speed flight and aeropropulsion


hydroaeroplane

From hydro- + aeroplane (hydro- + aero- + plane).

(aviation, obsolete) A floatplane, an airplane specialized for operating on water, having pontoon floats instead of skids or wheels.


MVA

(aviation) Initialism of minimum vectoring altitude.


pressure suit

Coined by American science fiction authors E. E. Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby in their 1928 novel The Skylark of Space, first serialized in Amazing Stories.

coin

Have you fur pressure-suits?

1928 September, E. E. Smith, Lee Hawkins Garby, “The Skylark of Space”, in Amazing Stories, volume 3, number 6, page 539:

The chances for survival would be greatly increased if one member of the crew in a punctured ship was wearing a pressure suit.

1964 November 19, Walter Sullivan, “Apes Surviving in Vacuum Tests: Research Hints Astronauts Have Chance in Accidents”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-05-03:

In 1947 he had taken a de Havilland Vampire jet fighter to a then world record height of 59,460 feet, without a pressure suit,

2002 July 29, Nigel Fountain, “Obituary: John Cunningham, Wartime night-fighter hero and post-war Comet airliner test pilot”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 2014-05-03:

Alan Shepard, the first American in space, famously relieved himself inside his silver pressure suit while waiting out the countdown in his tiny Mercury capsule.

2011 April 12, Jeffrey Kluger, “Gagarin's Golden Anniversary”, in Time, retrieved 2014-05-03:

(aviation, astronautics) A sealed, full-body garment, usually with an attachable helmet, which maintains air pressure or mechanical pressure around the body of an astronaut or aviator to compensate for the low density of the air at high altitudes.

Druckanzug

full-body garment, which maintains pressure

diving suit

suit to protect wearer from the environment


tailnumber

(aviation) The registration number that appears on the rear sections of aircraft.


auger in

en-verb

auger in (third-person singular simple present augers in, present participle augering in, simple past and past participle augered in)

augers in (present singular third-person)
augering in (participle present)
augered in (participle past)
augered in (past)

auger + in: the plane is metaphorically drilling into the ground.

The pilot lost pitch control and the jet augered in.

(military, aviation, euphemistic) To crash catastrophically into the ground.


cowl flap

(aviation) A small door on the bottom of an aircraft's cowling, used to direct additional airflow over the engine in order to improve cooling.


avian ingestion

en-noun

avian ingestion (usually uncountable, plural avian ingestions)

The aircraft suffers an engine failure as a result of the avian ingestion and the two pilots, one of whom appears to be a student, eject moments before the aircraft hits a ploughed field.

2006 February 1, “VIDEO: US Air Force F-16 pilots eject after bird strike”, in flightglobal.com, retrieved 2014-06-09:

Bird strikes, also referred as Avian ingestion when sucked into the plane's engine, commonly occur during takeoff and landing.

2011 April 28, “Caribbean Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Bird Strike of its Engine”, in Trivester News, retrieved 2014-06-09:

These animals normally hit the plane's windshield or get sucked by the engine, in which case authorities label the incidents as avian ingestion.

2012 June 5, Erik Pineda, “ATSB Reports of Increasing Birdstrikes in Australia”, in International Business Times, Australia, retrieved 2014-06-09:

The risk of avian ingestion or any damage to aircraft and airside facilities could result in costly delays due to downtime for repairs.

2014, “Airport Bird Strike Hazards & Airfield Bird Management”, in NBC Bird & Pest Solutions, UK, retrieved 2014-06-09:

(aviation) Collision between a bird and an aircraft in motion, especially a jet airplane, in which the bird enters a running engine.


smart bomb

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(military aviation) A guided air-dropped bomb.


TAI

Thai Airways International
w:Thai Airways International

(aviation) Initialism of Thai Airways International.

Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux
w:Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux

(historical, aviation) Initialism of Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux, a now defunct French airline.


A&P

By the time I decided to go for my A&P ticket, I was already a pretty seasoned aircraft mechanic

2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 267:

(aviation) Initialism of airframe and powerplant.

An FAA aircraft maintenance qualification

But most A&Ps at the low end of the food chain who work on our piston-powered aircraft are not employed by a Certified Repair Station

2019, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 1, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 280:

An FAA licensed airplane mechanic or engineer


ADS-A

automatic dependent surveillance - addressed#English

(aviation) Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance - addressed. (automated transmission of location information for aircraft using an airline specified communication system)


ADS-C

automatic dependent surveillance - contract#English

(aviation) Initialism of automatic dependent surveillance - contract. (automated transmission of GPS location information from an aircraft via a contractual agreement with an ACARS provider)


Thach weave

From Thach + weave. Named after WWII U.S. naval aviator John S. Thach, who invented the manoeuvre.

(historical, military, aviation) A tactic in aerial combat of the World War II era, where two aircraft on patrol fly a parallel course, and if attacked, overlap their flight paths repeatedly, enabling each to protect the other.


three-pointer

October 1930, Paul Paddock, "I Solo in Seven Hours", Popular Mechanics
Away I roared once more, resolved to score a three-pointer. I glided down to a good start but estimated my altitude wrongly.

(aviation) A three-point landing; an airplane landing in which all three wheels touch the ground simultaneously.


tundra tyre

From their use in the tundra regions of the US and Canada.

(aviation) A large, low-pressure tyre, used on light aircraft on rough terrain.


married sector

(travel, aviation, fare construction) Any of two or more flight sectors in an itinerary that can not be rebooked or changed separately from the other sectors, due to fare rules or market restrictions.


HSCT

High Speed Civil Transport
w:High Speed Civil Transport

(aviation) Initialism of High Speed Civil Transport. (NASA project to develop a supersonic passenger aircraft)


flying wedge

(aviation, American football) A formation in which a group travels so that its components form a triangular shape.


glideslope

The constant angle of descent technique requires pilots to maintain a predetermined constant angle and constant rate of descent, which is generally calculated to be about 3°, except when terrain or an obstacle necessitates a steeper descent. When a ground-based glideslope signal is absent, pilots can fly the constant angle of descent approach by using flight management system (FMS) and GPS equipment for electronic guidance.

2000, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.17.4.2 Flight Crew Actions and Callouts During Nonprecision Approaches”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight 801, Boeing 747-300, HL7468, Nimitz Hill, Guam, August 6, 1997, archived from the original on 2021-02-18, page 64:

instrument landing system
instrument landing system

(aviation) The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.

Staying on the glideslope is vitally important for a safe, stabilized approach and landing.

(aviation, by extension) The vertical descent profile produced by the ILS glideslope transmitters.

(aviation) The approach path of an aircraft as it comes in to land.


PIR

property irregularity report
property irregularity report#English

(countable, aviation, travel) Initialism of property irregularity report: a form to be filled in when baggage is lost by an airline.


flight status

(aviation, travel) An updated notice of a flight's departure and arrival times compared to its scheduled times.


hidden city

(aviation) A connecting city between the origin and destination of a passenger flight, where a passenger can save money on the airfare by disembarking rather than continuing to the destination.


autothrottle

/ˈɔ.toʊˌθɹɔ.təl/

[ˈɔ.ɾoʊˌθɹɔ.ɾəl]

(aviation) An automatic throttle, allowing a pilot to control the power setting of an aircraft's engines by specifying a desired flight characteristic, rather than manually controlling fuel flow.


autolanding

autolanding (countable and uncountable, plural autolandings)

(aviation, countable) A landing made automatically by a system on the aircraft, with the flight crew only supervising the process.

(aviation, uncountable) The process and procedure of autolanding, the action of to autoland.


autoland

Autolands are useful in bad weather conditions.


autoland

en-verb

autoland (third-person singular simple present autolands, present participle autolanding, simple past and past participle autolanded)

autolands (present singular third-person)
autolanding (participle present)
autolanded (participle past)
autolanded (past)


isoecho

(meteorology, aviation) A line on a map joining points of equal radar reflectivity.


VSV

en-noun

VSV (countable and uncountable, plural VSVs)

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(aviation, mechanical engineering) Initialism of variable stator vane.


Vs

(specifically) Stall speed in the clean configuration, with all flaps, slats, and droops retracted.


STCA

STCA (usually uncountable, plural STCAs)

air traffic controller
air traffic controller

(aviation) Initialism of short-term conflict alert, a system for automatically warning air traffic controllers if radar data indicates that two or more aircraft will pass dangerously-close to one another or potentially collide in flight.


AIP

(aviation) Abbreviation of aeronautical information publication. (a jurisdictional airspace air navigation manual of the jurisdictional authority)


missed approach point

(aviation) The point during descent at which a pilot must initiate a go-around maneuver if the runway is not in clear sight.


controlled flight into terrain

controlled flight into terrain (countable and uncountable, plural controlled flights into terrain)

controlled flights into terrain (plural)
CFIT (abbreviation)

(aviation) A usually-unintentional crash of an aircraft in which the aircraft flies into the ground while under full control by its pilots or autopilot.


minimum descent altitude

minimum descent altitude (plural minimum descent altitudes)

minimum descent altitudes (plural)
MDA (abbreviation)

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the descent below Minimum Descent Altitude during a nonprecision approach under adverse operating conditions, without visual contact with the runway environment. The Board has been unable to determine the reason for this descent, although the two most likely explanations are (a) improper use of cockpit instrumentation data, or (b) an altimetry system error.

1972 April 14, National Transportation Safety Board, “2.2b Probable Cause”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Southern Airways, Inc. DC-9, N97S, Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, November 14, 1970, archived from the original on 2022-05-08, page 36:

non-precision approach
non-precision approach

(aviation) The lowest altitude at which an aircraft is permitted to fly during a non-precision approach without the runway being in clear sight.


speed bag

(military, aviation) An improvised airdropped resupply pack, composed of food and water, ammunition, and other supplies, stuffed into a duffle bag or bodybag.


Lear

First-generation Lears are beasts to fly.


SID

(aviation) Initialism of standard instrument departure.


hydrobiplane

(aviation, dated) A hydroaeroplane having two supporting planes.


test pilot

Written by Josh Singer, who shaped a triumph of investigative journalism into the award-winning Spotlight, First Man recounts a significant decade of [Neil] Armstrong's life, from pushing boundaries as a test pilot to taking that one small step for mankind.

2018 October 9, A. A. Dowd, “The Star and Director of La La Land Reunite for First Man’s Spectacular Trip to the Moon”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2020-06-16:

(aviation) An aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers.


sidestick

The FDR showed that the captain immediately applied back pressure on his sidestick to arrest the pitch-down movement. The aircraft’s flight control system did not initially respond to the captain’s sidestick input, but after about 2 seconds the aircraft responded normally and the captain commenced recovery to the assigned altitude. During this 2-second period the aircraft descended about 150 ft. Overall, the aircraft descended 690 ft over 23 seconds before returning to FL370.

2011 December 19, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, “1.1.3 First in-flight upset (0442:27)”, in In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008, VH-QPA, Airbus A330-303, archived from the original on 2022-05-05, page 3:

(aviation) A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.


MRW

(aviation) Initialism of maximum ramp weight.


green-on-green

(aviation) Pertaining to the pairing of a new or green captain or pilot with a new or green first officer or co-pilot as the cockpit crew of a flight.


fly-by-wire

(aviation) A system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface, especially on airliners.


box tail

(aviation) An aircraft's tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.


aerocurve

(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.


compound control

(aviation) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.


test flight

(aviation) a proving flight; usually of a prototype of a new aircraft design before it goes into production.


O&D

(aviation, abbreviation) origin and destination


RBD

reservation booking designator
reservation booking designator#English

(aviation, travel) Initialism of reservation booking designator.


CFI

(US, aviation) certificated flight instructor


iron bomb

(military aviation) A dumb bomb, a type of gravity bomb, an unguided bomb dropped from an aircraft.


avigation

The “highs” and “lows” familiar to the meteorologists—the areas of high and low barometric pressure—are forever playing tag with each other, the air from one area flowing in upon the other much as water seeks its own level, creating fair weather and foul, and offering interesting problems to the students of avigation, not to mention variegated experiences to the flyer himself.

1928, Amelia Earhart, 20 hrs. 40 mins. Our Flight in the Friendship, page 227:

The purpose of this book is to give the pilot a clear understanding of avigation by dead reckoning, the system used by Colonel Lindbergh in his memorable flight.

1929, Ienar Ewald Elm, Avigation by Dead Reckoning, page 10:

Another reason for the neglected status of avigation is the fact that in the past there has been only slight and spasmodic need for the new science.

There are four more or less distinct methods of avigating, all of which are somewhat interrelated. These comprise: Piloting, Radio Avigation, Dead Reckoning, and Celestial Avigation.

1940, Hilton Frank Lusk, General Aeronautics, page 361:


G-LOC

(aviation) G-force-induced loss of consciousness.


helidrome

The lack of hospital beds in the town is even more stark at the helidrome, where helicopters drop off patients for first aid and assessment.

2005 October 16, Carlotta Gall, “Pakistan Toll, at 38,000,Is Expected to Rise”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-06-26:

The parade ground is now buried under a helidrome that will welcome the highest-profile visitors.

2010 March 22, Oliver Bullough, “Circassians' Anger at Sochi Games”, in ISN ETH Zurich, retrieved 2015-06-26:

A helidrome with landing space for three helicopters is also going to be constructed in the stadium.

2014 October 12, Vineet Upadhyay, “First international stadium in state is close to becoming reality”, in Times of India, retrieved 2015-06-26:

(aviation) An airfield or airbase for helicopters.


TACAN

ultra high frequency
ultra high frequency

(military, aviation) Acronym of tactical air navigation beacon, an ultra high frequency electronic radionavigation system able to provide aircraft with continuous bearing and slant range information to a selected station.


DAS

DAS (countable and uncountable, plural DASs)

defensive aids system
w:defensive aids system

(military, aviation) Acronym of defensive aids system.


mad dog

(aviation) A McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft.


fare ladder

(aviation, travel, dated) a breakdown of destinations, airfare, taxes, and surcharges, shown on a paper ticket in a vertical multi-column format.


MLG

(aviation) Initialism of main landing gear.


revenue management

(aviation) The section of an airline that deals with passenger loads and fare availability on flights.


Jet Age

Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials [title]

1947 September 3, “Science Evolving Jet-Age Materials”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

American commercial aviation stands at the threshold of the jet age. That it will make the transition is now a settled issue, and the one remaining question is when.

1953 October 11, Bliss K. Thorne, “Faster Air Travel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The Nazis had launched the jet age in 1939 with a fighter plane, the avant-garde Heinkel He 178, but were hardly in shape after the war to exploit this technological advantage.

2010 November 10, Richard B. Woodward, “Book Review: Jet Age — The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(historical, aviation) A period in history defined by the advent of aircraft powered by turbine engines, and by the social change this brought about.


short tag

en-verb

short tag (third-person singular simple present short tags, present participle short tagging, simple past and past participle short tagged)

short tags (present singular third-person)
short tagging (participle present)
short tagged (participle past)
short tagged (past)

(travel, aviation) to check a bag through to an intermediate point on an itinerary rather than the destination.


blast pen

(aviation, military) A specially constructed E-shaped double bay to protect aircraft against bomb blasts and splinters during enemy attacks.


flaptrack

(aviation) The track on which the flaps of an aircraft are mounted.


Babyflot

(aviation, informal, historical) Any of the airlines in the former Soviet Union created from the dissolution of the Soviet airline monopoly Aeroflot in the early 1990s.


EPR

(aviation) Initialism of engine pressure ratio (the ratio of pressure between exhaust and inlet of a jet engine).


take aloft

take aloft (third-person singular simple present takes aloft, present participle taking aloft, simple past took aloft, past participle taken aloft)

takes aloft (present singular third-person)
taking aloft (participle present)
took aloft (past)
taken aloft (participle past)

On September 21, 1919, I took aloft for a spin over Washington and the surrounding territory, 17 distinguished passengers, including the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, and several United States Senators.

1937, Alfred William Lawson, Lawson: Aircraft Industry Builder:

Here the fiery angel once more took aloft

2002, Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian, The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the sixth to the eighteenth century, Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, page 992:

From Buin Lieutenant (jg) Kawamata took aloft at 0850 fifteen Zero 32s from the 6th Air Group, reported inbound at 1017 by Kennedy.

2013, John Lundstrom, First Team and the Guadalcanal Campaign: Naval Fighter Combat from August to November 1942, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN:

(transitive, intransitive, aviation, of a pilot) To successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.


omnirange

(aviation, chiefly attributive) A short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, based on a network of fixed radio beacons on the ground.


NGP

(aviation, US) Initialism of Naval air station Corpus Christi.


AUA

(aviation) Initialism of Austrian Airlines. (ICAO code of the flag carrier of Austria and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group)


deceleron

(aviation) A two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open to act as an air brake.


reval

(travel, aviation, informal) A revalidated ticket.


groundspeed

(aviation) The horizontal speed of an aircraft relative to the ground.


MTW

(aviation) Initialism of maximum taxi weight.

(aviation, rare) Abbreviation of maximum takeoff weight.


barrel bomb

(military aviation) A barrel filled with explosives, used as an improvised unguided bomb and dropped from a helicopter or airplane.


silk elevator

(aviation, military, slang) A parachute.


XAP

(aviation) ICAO code for Midway Connection, operated by Fischer Brothers Aviation of the United States


LHA

Abbreviation
* (data compression): Short for Lempel-Ziv Huffman archiver, after the mathematicians on whose work it was based.

Coordinate term: LHD

amphibious assault ship
amphibious assault ship#English

(nautical, military, aviation) Initialism of landing, helicopter, assault.: A type of amphibious assault ship, a warship.


navigation light

en-noun

navigation light (plural navigation lights)

(nautical, aviation) one of two or more lights fitted to a ship or aircraft, which indicate position and direction taken, especially important at night. Internationally recognised colours are red on the port side, and green on the starboard side.


pressure altimeter

pressure altimeter (plural pressure altimeters)

(aviation) A device which measures the altitude by performing measurement of the ambient pressure and comparing it against a reference pressure at a known altitude, to give a pressure altitude.


pressure altitude

pressure altitude (plural pressure altitudes)

(aviation) A measure of altitude inferred by the measurement of ambient pressure in differential with a reference pressure at a known altitude.


property irregularity report

property irregularity report (plural property irregularity reports)

(aviation, travel) An official form to be filled out if checked baggage is lost or damaged by an airline.


TOD

TOD (countable and uncountable, plural TODs)

(aviation) Initialism of top of descent.


corncob engine

From the pistons resembling a cob of corn.

(aviation, informal) An air-cooled multi-row radial piston aircraft engine


service item

There are 5,000 in-flight service items on a 747, ranging from aspirins to toothbrushes.

1995, Francis McInerney, Sean White, The Total Quality Corporation, page 88:

Before landing, the flight attendants pick up any remaining food and beverage service items […]

2016, John G. Wensveen, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, page 262:

(aviation) Any of the consumer products (food, cosmetics, etc.) handed out or sold on board a passenger aircraft.


tuggie

(aviation, slang) The pilot who tows a glider.


VORTAC

(aviation) A radiobeacon consisting of a colocated VOR and TACAN installation.


OLS

optical landing system
optical landing system#English

(aviation) Abbreviation of optical landing system.


jet propellant 1
jet propellant 1#English

(aviation) Initialism of jet propellant 1 (a highly refined kerosene; a type of jet fuel).

avgas

aviation gasoline; similar to leaded automotive petrol gasoline; not a jet fuel

Jet A

a type of jet fuel, similar to automotive diesel fuel


reaccommodate

en-verb

reaccommodate (third-person singular simple present reaccommodates, present participle reaccommodating, simple past and past participle reaccommodated)

reaccommodates (present singular third-person)
reaccommodating (participle present)
reaccommodated (participle past)
reaccommodated (past)

(aviation, travel) to rebook a passenger on a flight when the original flight is cancelled.


talkdown

(aviation) Verbal assistance given by ground control to a person attempting to land an aircraft.


flying wing

(aviation) A tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage


AIRMET

(meteorology, aviation) Abbreviation of airman's meteorological advisory.


groundprox

ground proximity warning system
ground proximity warning system

(aviation, rare) A ground proximity warning system.


Gosport tube

It was invented by flying instructor Robert Raymond Smith-Barry at the School of Special Flying he opened at Gosport in 1917.

(aviation, historical) A speaking tube used for communication between the seats of early open-air aircraft.


TFR

Coordinate term: NOTAM

(US, aviation) Initialism of temporary flight restriction.


air traffic

(aviation) the movement of aircraft through the air, and into and out of airports.


CASS

(aviation) Initialism of cockpit access security system.


jumpseating

(aviation, colloquial) The situation where off-duty airline staff are permitted to travel for free, occupying unbooked seats in an aircraft.


MMEL

Coordinate term: MEL

Master minimum equipment list
w:Master minimum equipment list

(aviation) Initialism of Master minimum equipment list.


Cooper vane

After Dan Cooper, the false name used by an unidentified hijacker who used the rear stairway to exit a Boeing 727 in flight and escape using a parachute.

(aviation) A mechanical aerodynamic wedge that prevents the ventral airstair of an aircraft from being lowered during flight.


Victor airway

From Victor (“the letter V in the ICAO spelling alphabet”), short for VOR (“VHF omnidirectional range”).

(US, Canada, aviation) Any of a set of low-altitude airways defined as line segments, each based on a straight line between either two VOR (VHF omnidirectional range) stations, or a VOR and a VOR intersection.


aeradio

en-noun

aeradio (countable and uncountable, plural aeradios)

In addition, limited air traffic services are provided by aeradio operators at seven minor aerodromes.

1957, Report of the Department of Transport and of the National Transport Commission, South Africa. Department of Transport:

Almost anywhere in the outback you can find adequate landing strips well maintained. The service provided by aeradio could hardly be improved.

(aviation) A system allowing airplane pilots to communicate with flight control staff on the ground.


jet fuel

jet fuel (countable and uncountable, plural jet fuels)

Coordinate term: avgas

(aviation) The fuel that powers a jet aircraft.

Near-synonym: (often synonymous) lamp oil

(sometimes humorous, hyperbolic) Kerosene.

The fuel that powers a jet aircraft.
Kerosene.


ground crew

(aviation) alternative form of groundcrew


ground staff

(aviation) staff employed by an airline, or an airport, that work on the ground, as opposed to aircrews.


UAL

(aviation) Initialism of United Airlines.


TUC

(aviation) Initialism of time of useful consciousness.: The time one may remain functional after a rapid decompression event without supplemental oxygen, at altitudes higher than that which one may remain functional at in ambient pressures.


avtur

avtur (usually uncountable, plural avturs)

(aviation) Jet fuel (fuel used by aircraft turbine engines).


ground stop

(aviation) The halting of air traffic for a particular airport, with no arrivals allowed and all departures held on the ground.

(aviation) The cessation of all take-offs for flights meeting particular criteria, such as geographic region, aircraft type, airline, etc, keeping these grounded.


SPECI

(aviation, meteorology) The aviation special weather report; a specially encoded weather observation report.


Mcrit

Many high performance aircraft are equipped with a Machmeter for monitoring Mcrit. The Machmeter is essentially an airspeed instrument that is calibrated in relation to Mach on the dial.

2012, Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook-Airframe Volume 2, FAA:

(aviation) The minimum Mach number at which the airflow over some part of an aircraft reaches the speed of sound.


sharklet

From shark + -let; aviation sense from the similarity to the dorsal fin of a shark.

(aviation) An Airbus-branded blended winglet design.


flight number

(aviation, travel) A callsign assigned to a commercial flight for the purposes of reservation and ticketing, typically consisting of a 2 character airline code and a 1 to 4 digit number to indicate a particular service.


strapdown

(aviation) An inertial navigation system that eliminates the gimbal in favour of a lightweight digital computer having sensors that are simply strapped to the vehicle.


FIS

flight information service
flight information service#English

(aviation) Abbreviation of flight information service.


triple seven

(aviation) A Boeing 777, a wide body twinjet used for commercial airlines.


RAPCON

Approach control service (APP) was provided by two RAPCONs, one at Spangdahlem for the Büchel, Hahn, Spangdahlem and Bitburg bases in the Eifel area (Spangdahlem Control) and another at Sembach for the Ramstein, Sembach and Pferdsgfeld bases in the Palatinate area (Sembach Control).

2015, Frank W. Fischer, International Advisory Group Air Navigation Services, German Air Traffic Control During The Cold War: The Story of Rhein Control, p. 28

(aviation) Abbreviation of radar approach control.


TRACON

Since 16 location identifiers are used for a combination of airports and TRACONs, resulting in combined data, we worked with FAA to determine how to identify the number of departures and departure delays to attribute to each individual airport and TRACON in our universe.

2010, Susan Fleming, National Airspace System: Setting On-Time Performance Targets at Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA's Actions, page 42:

(aviation) Acronym of terminal radar approach control.


constant-speed propeller

constant-speed propeller (plural constant-speed propellers)

From constant + speed + propeller from being a propeller that is run at a speed that does not change.

(aviation) A type of propeller that rotates at a set rotational velocity, but whose power is set by varying the pitch of the blades.


OID

(aviation, travel) Initialism of office ID.


IAS

indicated airspeed
indicated airspeed#English

(aviation) Initialism of indicated airspeed.


IAS

(aviation, travel) Initialism of insert after segment; GDS code, and used on older types of airline keyboards.


spacedive

(aviation, slang) A skydive that starts above the Armstrong line.


auxiliary power unit

auxiliary power unit (plural auxiliary power units)

(aviation) A generator in aircraft or other vehicles for providing electric power to various systems, such as lighting, especially when the main engines are not running.

допомі́жна́ силова́ устано́вка

generator for providing electric power especially when the main engines are not running


MEDA

(aviation, travel, initialism) Medical Fitness for Air Travel


minimum sector altitude

minimum sector altitude (plural minimum sector altitudes)

(aviation) The lowest altitude which will provide a minimum clearance of 1000 ft (300 m) above all objects located in an area within a circular sector having a radius of 25 nautical miles (46 km) around a radio navigational aid.


RAT

RAT (countable and uncountable, plural RATs)

(aviation, countable) Initialism of ram air turbine.


piece system

(aviation, travel) Airline baggage allowance that restricts passengers to a specific number of bags, rather than a specific weight.


Beech

The company had five Beeches for flying its top executives around.

Replacing side windows on a Beech or Cessna or Piper airplane is an awful job

2020, Mike Busch, Airplane Ownership vol 2, Savvy Aviator Inc, page 75:

(aviation) An aircraft made by Beechcraft.


Zepp

Only after the first explosions did the people of Folkestone notice the sound of engines beating the air. They hardly understood what they heard. They screamed “Zepps! Zepps!” for until then Zeppelin dirigibles had been the only mechanism of air attack they knew.

1986, Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 98:

(aviation, informal) A Zeppelin airship.


hook maneuver

From hook + maneuver. From the anglicized onomatopoeia of the sound produced when practising the maneuver, with the inhalation "HOO" and exhalation "KEH" sounds.

(aviation, space flight) An anti-G technique to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences, which involves powerful inhalation, and rapid exhalation, resulting in breathing noises that sound like "HOO" for inhalation, and "KEH" for exhalation, (HOO-KEH... hook)


anti-G straining maneuver

anti-G straining maneuver (plural anti-G straining maneuvers)

(aviation, space flight) Any of various techniques to increase G-tolerance and reduce G-LOC incidences that involve emptying the lungs while straining the muscles to force oxygenated blood to the brain. Most common techniques include visualizing a walnut held between one's buttcheeks, and trying to crush it, or tensing the abdominal and chest muscles, possibly while bent over at the hips.


KAR

(navigation, aviation) Initialism of kinematic ambiguity resolution.


RTK

(navigation, aviation) Initialism of real-time kinematic.


Jesus pin

(aviation, slang) The lock pin used to help secure the Jesus nut of some helicopters.


Jesus nut

Possibly from the Vietnam War. From the notion that, given its critical function, if the nut were to fail, the only thing left to do would be to "pray to Jesus".

(aviation, slang) The nut that holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters.


IARTK

(navigation, aviation) Initialism of inertially-aided real-time kinematic (RTK).


listening watch

listening watch (plural listening watches)

1950, Neville Shute, The Legacy (UK title: A Town Like Alice), New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 10, p. 278,
“ […] It’s okay here if you want to close down your listening watch for tonight, Jackie. I’d like to have a listening watch in daylight hours tomorrow, from seven o’clock on. Is this Roger? Over.”

(military, aviation) Continuous monitoring for incoming communications.


waverider

(aviation) A hypersonic aircraft that improves its supersonic lift-to-drag ratio by using the shock waves generated by its own flight as a lifting surface.


loiter time

(aviation) The length of time a military aircraft can remain over a target, taking fuel endurance into account.


CoC

certificate of conformance
certificate of conformance#English

(aviation) Initialism of certificate of conformance.


booking class

(aviation, travel) (in a reservation system) The letter used to signify a particular fare level.


reservation booking designator

reservation booking designator (plural reservation booking designators)

reservation booking designators (plural)


IOE

(aviation) Initialism of initial operating experience.


FIR

FIR (countable and uncountable, plural FIRs)

flight information region
w:flight information region

(aviation) Initialism of flight information region; a specified region of airspace in which a flight information service (FIS) and an alerting service (ALRS) are provided


ACMI

(aviation) Initialism of aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance.

(aviation, military) Initialism of air combat maneuvering instrumentation.


tail rotor

(aviation) A small rotor mounted vertically at the end of the tail of a single-rotor helicopter so as to develop thrust in the same direction as the main rotor's rotation, to counter the torque effect created by the main rotor.


LOH

(US military aviation) Acronym of light observation helicopter.


drop tank

(aviation) An expendable external fuel tank on an aircraft.


ownship

(aviation) One's own aircraft, as represented in a flight training simulation or traffic collision avoidance system.


cone of confusion

cone of confusion (plural cones of confusion)

From cone + confusion. From being a cone-shaped region where confusion about the direction to a source occurs.

(aviation) A zone of indeterminism over a navigation beacon (such as a VOR), where the direction-finding ability of the receiver outputs a random direction as flying over the beacon results in no direction to the beacon, giving a spinning direction indicator display. Also refers to flying over a magnetic pole, and its effects on a magnetic compass.


SLAM

SLAM (countable and uncountable, plural SLAMs)

supersonic low altitude missile
supersonic low altitude missile#English

(military, aviation, weaponry) Acronym of supersonic low altitude missile.

stand-off land attack missile
stand-off land attack missile#English

(military, aviation, weaponry) Acronym of stand-off land attack missile.


Dirty Dozen

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

(aviation) The twelve most common aircraft problems, resulting from human error, that may lead to accidents etc.


blue ice

Cadamore believes the mess came from an airplane. In the airline industry, it's euphemistically known as blue ice. Most people have far less judicious names for it. Such waste apparently is caused by leaks in airplane lavatories.

2002 November 21, Mark Belko, The sky is falling? Uh, not exactly, post-gazette.com

A chunk of blue ice, apparently from the holding tank of an aircraft toilet, ripped a hole in an elderly couple's roof and destroyed a bed.

2006 October 20, “Toilet Ice Rips Hole in Couple's Roof”, in Fox News:

Simey had just returned home from taking her 6-month-old son to a doctor when a block of "blue ice" landed in the master bedroom, right on her bed.

2008 April 14, “Frozen jetliner waste smashes into home”, in UPI:

They are often called "blue ice", because of the chemicals added to the toilets in planes to reduce odour and break down the waste.

2018 January 22, Airline poo' falls on India village causing confusion, BBC

(aviation) Human waste that has leaked from an aircraft, frozen at high altitude, and fallen to earth.


F/L

flight lieutenant
flight lieutenant#English

(military, aviation) Abbreviation of flight lieutenant.


jeep carrier

(military, nautical, aviation) A general purpose aircraft carrier, used in a variety of ways (hence 'general purpose', "GP" or jeep), such as aircraft transport ship, invasion support airstrip, ocean patrol airstrip, fleet/convoy defense airstrip. They were used to alleviate demands made on fleet carriers which have higher levels of defensive capabilities and underway speeds able to keep up with the battle fleet.


HX

en-verb

HX (third-person singular simple present HXs, present participle HXing, simple past and past participle HXed)

HXs (present singular third-person)
HXing (participle present)
HXed (participle past)
HXed (past)

From the GDS code that shows on the booking against the affected segment.

Hurry and issue the ticket or the airline will HX the reservation.

The airline oversold and they have HXed the passenger's booking.

(aviation, travel, informal, abbreviation) (of an airline) to have an airline booking cancelled by the airline.


AAI

Airports Authority of India
w:Airports Authority of India

(aviation) Initialism of Airports Authority of India.


RSAF

Republic of Singapore Air Force
w:Republic of Singapore Air Force

(Singapore, military, aviation) Initialism of Republic of Singapore Air Force.

Royal Saudi Air Force
w:Royal Saudi Air Force

(military, aviation) Initialism of Royal Saudi Air Force.


grab some air

grab some air (third-person singular simple present grabs some air, present participle grabbing some air, simple past and past participle grabbed some air)

grabs some air (present singular third-person)
grabbing some air (participle present)
grabbed some air (participle past)
grabbed some air (past)

Instantly I applied full throttle, and eased back on the wheel, hoping that our friend, the T-craft would grab some air and put a few feet between us and all that snow and ice.

1957 May, Robert Sundberg, “I learned about flying from that!”, in Flying Magazine, volume 60, number 5, page 52:

I hate first flights in anything, no matter how ideal the circumstances, but my discomfort was eased considerably upon firewalling the beast, lifting the tail, and grabbing some air. The responsive feel was unmistakable.

1985, Jim Richard Campbell, Flyer's guide to ultralights, page 12:

Then, just as suddenly, the F-86 grabbed some air, leveled out, and turned slightly upward.

2003, War, Literature, and the Arts - Volume 15, page 6:

I started grabbing some air—3,600 . . . 3,700 . . . 3,800 . . . 3,900 feet—and the jet came under us ...

2014, Gary Farmer, The Streets Are Blue, →ISBN:


stick the landing

stick the landing (third-person singular simple present sticks the landing, present participle sticking the landing, simple past and past participle stuck the landing)

sticks the landing (present singular third-person)
sticking the landing (participle present)
stuck the landing (participle past)
stuck the landing (past)

When the Philae lander, released by the comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft, first tried to touch down on Nov. 12 in an area later named Agilkia, it could not stick the landing. The anchoring harpoons and retro-rockets did not work and the lander bounced off the comet.

2015 July 31, Amina Khan, “After a bounce, Rosetta's Philae lander serves up cometary surprises”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2018-05-01:

Still, SpaceX stuck the landing the last time under similar conditions. And now in its quest to launch and recover rockets so that they may be used again, SpaceX is acquiring quite a collection of previously used booster stages.

2016 May 26, Christian Davenport, “Elon Musk’s quest to make rocket landings routine continues today”, in Washington Post, retrieved 2018-05-01:

(aviation, astronautics) To execute a flawless landing (of an aircraft, rocket, or space capsule).


LNAV

(aviation) Abbreviation of lateral navigation.


PPBM

(aviation, travel) Positive Passenger Bag Match. An airline system used to ensure that baggage is not loaded on an aircraft if the passenger does not board.


push over

push over (third-person singular simple present pushes over, present participle pushing over, simple past and past participle pushed over)

pushes over (present singular third-person)
pushing over (participle present)
pushed over (participle past)
pushed over (past)

The pilot pushed over into a dive to try to outrun the enemy fighters.

(intransitive, aviation) To abruptly lower the nose of an aircraft by a large angle.


KNKT

From Indonesian KNKT (“Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi”).

bor

(aviation) Synonym of NTSC (“National Transportation Safety Committee”) (Indonesia); Initialism of Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi.


zero-life

en-verb

zero-life (third-person singular simple present zero-lifes, present participle zero-lifing, simple past and past participle zero-lifed)

zero-lifes (present singular third-person)
zero-lifing (participle present)
zero-lifed (participle past)
zero-lifed (past)

[…] the installation of four 14,900 lb st (66.3 kN) BMW Rolls-Royce BR710 turbofans in place of the Speys, the fitting of a new two-man cockpit and a modern tactical operations area, and 'zero lifing' all existing structure and equipment.

1998, Air Pictorial, volume 60, page 207:

The first element involves 'zero lifing' the airframe by replacement of some structural elements, including the main landing gear. This "extends the operational life before the first major overhaul and extends the time between repair", Filip said.

2000, Jane's International Defense Review: IDR, volume 33, page 61:

(aviation, transitive) To restore (equipment) to a state comparable to brand new.


happy landings

en-noun

happy landings pl (normally plural, singular happy landing)

We want our airplane pilots to anticipate failed engines as well as happy landings.

2009, Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, →ISBN, page 198:

Happy landings: every minute of every hour of every day, an average of 38 people touch down at Orlando airport, gateway to the centre of the Sunshine State.

2017 January 20, Simon Calder, “Discover the other side of Florida – Kissimmee”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 2018-06-05:

(travel, especially aviation) Successful arrivals on land (by air or water), without any untoward incidents.


overgrossed

en-adj

overgrossed (comparative more overgrossed, superlative most overgrossed)

more overgrossed (comparative)
most overgrossed (superlative)

Our overgrossed C-130B slowly began to climb when I heard "Full power" come over the interphone

1994, United States. Dept. of the Air Force. Office of the Inspector General, United States. Dept. of the Air Force, Air Force Safety Center (U.S.), Flying safety - Volume 50, page 6:

(aviation) Carrying too much weight to fly properly.


RNAS

Royal Navy Air Service
w:en:Royal Navy Air Service

(UK, World War I, aviation) Initialism of Royal Navy Air Service. (British)