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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.

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clear air turbulence

Aviation; Airplane flying

Turbulence not associated with any visible moisture.

climb gradient

Aviation; Airplane flying

The ratio between distance traveled and altitude gained.

cockpit resource man agement

Aviation; Airplane flying

Techniques designed to reduce pilot errors and manage errors that do occur utilizing cockpit human resources. The assumption is that errors are going to happen in a complex system ...

coffin corner

Aviation; Airplane flying

The flight regime where any increase in airspeed will induce high speed mach buffet and any decrease in airspeed will induce low speed mach buffet.

combustion chamber

Aviation; Airplane flying

The section of the engine into which fuel is injected and burned.

common traffic advisory frequency

Aviation; Airplane flying

The common frequency used by airport traffic to announce position reports in the vicinity of the airport.