Glossary

A

• Above Ground Level (AGL)
• Aerodynamic Center
• Afterburner
• Ailerons
• Air Charter
• Air Traffic Control (ATC)
• Aircraft Weight And Balance
• Airline Crew Rest Rules
• Airplane Deicer
• Airplane Tail Numbers
• Airport Taxiway Markings
• Airspeed Indicator
• Altimeter
• Angle Of Attack (AOA)
• Apu
• Area Navigation (RNAV)
• Asos / Awos
• Atc Delay
• Atp Certificate
• Attitude Indicator
• Automated Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
• Automatic Direction Finder (ADF)
• Autopilot

B

• Barnstorming
• Black Box
• Bleed Air System
• Boarding
• Bush Pilot

C

• Canards
• Cavok / Cavu
• Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
• Checkride
• Close Air Support
• Clouds In Aviation
• Cockpit
• Coffin Corner
• Condensation Trails
• Coordinated Turn
• Cross Country Flight

D

• Dead Leg Flight
• Dead Reckoning
• Deadheading
• Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE)
• Dihedral Angle
• Dispatcher
• Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
• Drag

E

• Elevator
• Engine Instruments

F

• Faa Type Certificate
• Fatigue
• Ferry / Positioning Flights
• Five By Five
• Fixed Base Operator (FBO)
• Flaps
• Flat Spin
• Flight Delay
• Flight Diversion
• Flight Physical
• Flight Purser
• Flight School
• Flight Turns
• Fly By Wire
• Foreign Object Debris (FOD)

G

• General Aviation
• Glass Cockpit
• Go Around
• Great Circle Distance
• Ground Effect
• Ground Support Equipment (GSE)
• Grunt Style

H

• Heading Indicator
• Heavy
• High Speed Stall
• Huffer Cart
• Human Factors In Aviation
• Hush Kit
• Hypoxia

I

• Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
• Instrument Landing System (ILS)
• Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

J

• Jet Bridge

K

• Keel Effect
• Kit Aircraft
• Knots Of Indicated Airspeed (KIAS)

L

• Landing Flare
• Leading Edge Slats
• Light Sport Airplane
• Load Factor
• Localizer

M

• Marine One
• Mayday
• Mean Sea Level (MSL)
• Merchant Marines
• Metar
• Military Affidavit
• Military Ball
• Military Brat
• Military Campaign
• Military Click
• Military Contractor
• Military Junta
• Military Operator
• Military Tattoo
• Minimum Equipment List
• Mro

N

• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• Norden Bombsight

O

• Omni-Bearing Selector (OBS)
• Omnidirectional Radio Range (VOR)
• Oxygen Level

P

• Papi Lights
• Part 145
• Peanut Butter Shot
• Pilot Recurrency Training
• Pressure Altitude

R

• Red Eye Flight
• Retard
• Rudder
• Runway Markings
• Runway Visual Range (RVR)

S

• Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• Service Ceiling
• Sids & Stars
• Sigmet
• Simunition
• Skiplagging
• Skywriting
• Solo Flight
• Space Tourism
• Spatial Disorientation
• Spoilers
• Sport Pilot Certificate
• Spruce Goose
• Squadron
• Squawk
• Sustainable Aviation Fuel

T

• Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR)
• Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON)
• The Six-Pack
• Touch & Go
• Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
• Turn Coordinator
• Turnaround
• Type Rating

V

• Vasi Lights
• Vector
• Vertical Speed Indicator
• Vertical Take Off & Landing (VTOL)
• Visual Descent Point (VDP)
• Visual Flight Rules (VFR)

W

• Wet & Dry Leasing
• Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)
• Wilco
• Winglets

Y

• Yaw Damper