FAC

(Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Force aérienne du Canada: CAF (“Canadian Air Force”)


piste

→ Catalan: pista

→ Dutch: piste

→ English: piste

→ German: Piste

→ Greek: πίστα (písta)

→ Persian: پیست (pist)

→ Turkish: pist

Borrowed from Italian pista, variant of pesta (“footprint”).

piste d’atterrissage


ARC

(Canada, military, aviation) Abbreviation of Aviation royale canadienne; RCAF (“Royal Canadian Air Force”)


boucle

→ Catalan: bucle m

→ Esperanto: buklo

→ Galician: bucle

→ Greek: μπούκλα (boúkla)

→ Portuguese: bucle

→ Romanian: buclă

→ Russian: бу́кля (búklja)

→ Spanish: bucle m

→ Turkish: bukle

Inherited from Old French boucle, bocle, from Latin buccula (“the cheek strap of a helmet”), diminutive of bucca.

inh

(aviation) loop the loop (aircraft manoeuvre)


glissade

→ English: glissade

→ Portuguese: glissada


montgolfière

Montgolfier + -ière. Named after Montgolfier brothers, inventors of the hot-air balloon.


passerelle

→ English: passerelle

→ German: Passerelle

desctree

→ Italian: passerella
→ Catalan: passarel·la
→ Spanish: pasarela


compas

→ Portuguese: compasso

→ Burmese: ကွန်ပါ (kwanpa)

→ Romanian: compas

Inherited from Old French compas, from Latin com- + passus.


mouchard

fr-noun

mouchard m (plural mouchards, feminine moucharde)

From mouche (“fly”) + -ard (pejorative suffix).


avion-citerne

fr-noun

avion-citerne f (plural avions-citernes)


refoulement

refoulement m (usually uncountable, plural refoulements)

(aviation) push back (air pushing back on an airframe)


amerrissage

→ Portuguese: amerissagem, amerrissagem

(aviation) ditching (crash-landing into water)


vrille

Inherited from Old French verille, ve(d)ille, from Vulgar Latin *vĭtīcula, from Late Latin vītīcula, from Classical Latin vītĭcula.


arrondi

(aviation) flare (transition from downward flight to level flight)


aiguilleur

fr-noun

aiguilleur m (plural aiguilleurs, feminine aiguilleuse)

aiguilleurs (plural)
aiguilleuse (feminine)

air traffic controller
air traffic controller


ékranoplane

From the Russian экранопла́н (ekranoplán).


NOTAM

(aviation) NOTAM: Abbreviation of avis aux aviateurs.


canadair

Genericized trademark. From the company name Canadair, the manufacturer of the only purpose-built waterbomber, from the original version, Canadair CL-215. From English Canada+air, from being a Canadian aircraft manufacturer. Compare Greek καναντέρ (kanantér), Italian canadair, Serbo-Croatian kanader / канадер, Macedonian канадер (kanader)

(France, firefighting, aviation) waterbomber (firefighting aircraft)


statomixte

(aviation) a combined-cycle aeroengine that has a ramjet and a scramjet mode of operation


point de non-retour

point de non-retour m (plural points de non-retour)


boîte noire

(aviation) black box (data recorder of an aircraft)


enregistreur de données de vol

enregistreur de données de vol m (plural enregistreurs de données de vol)

enregistreurs de données de vol (plural)

flight data recorder
flight data recorder


enregistreur phonique

enregistreur phonique m (plural enregistreurs phoniques)

cockpit voice recorder
cockpit voice recorder

(aviation) cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder


pilote automatique

→ Turkish: otomatik pilot

(aviation) autopilot (mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance from a human being)


tour de contrôle

tour de contrôle f (plural tours de contrôle)


cabine de pilotage

cabine de pilotage f (plural cabines de pilotage)

(aviation) cockpit (the compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled)


piste d'atterrissage

piste d’atterrissage f (plural pistes d’atterrissage)

piste d’ atterrissage (canonical feminine)
pistes d’atterrissage (plural)

Coordinate term: piste de décollage

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


hypersustentation

hypersustentation f (plural hypersustentations)

(aviation) The use of a high-lift device to increase the size of a wing


bombardier à eau

bombardier à eau m (plural bombardiers à eau)

(aviation) waterbomber (“firefighting aircraft”)


bombardier d'eau

bombardier d’eau m (plural bombardiers d’eau)

bombardier d’ eau (canonical masculine)
bombardiers d’eau (plural)


charlière

Charles + -ière.
Named after Jacques Charles, who created the first large successful hydrogen balloon.

hydrogen balloon
hydrogen balloon#English


rozière

desc

English: Rozier, Roziere, Rozière, Rozier balloon, Roziere balloon, Rozière balloon

Rozier + -ière.
Named after Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, who created the first such hybrid hydrogen-hot-air balloon.

named-after

(aviation) Rozier balloon, Rozier, Roziere balloon, Roziere, hybrid balloon: A balloon buoyed by a lifting gas that does not need heating, and has additional buoyancy from a hot air balloon element.


commandant de bord

fr-noun

commandant de bord m (plural commandants de bord)


SEPECAT

(military, aviation, historical) Acronym of Société Européenne de Production de l’avion Ecole de Combat et d’Appui Tactique (“European company for the production tactical combat support and training aircraft”).