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Aviation

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

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holding pattern

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) A predetermined racetrack pattern flown as part of a holding procedure. (2) U.S.: Expression for: holding procedure

instrument approach waypoints

Aviation; Air traffic control

Geographic positions, given in degrees of latitude and longitude, used in defining instrument approach procedures (IAP). Waypoints may be coded in aircraft navigation data bases ...

evening civil twilight

Aviation; Air traffic control

Relative to the standard meridians of the time zones, the period of time that begins at sunset and ends at the time specified by the Institute of National Measurement Standards of ...

defence visual flight rules

Aviation; Air traffic control

Rules applicable to flights within an air defence identification zone (ADIZ) conducted under VFR.

hover taxi

Aviation; Air traffic control

U.S. and Canada: The movement of a helicopter or vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL) above the surface of an aerodrome and in ground effect at airspeeds less than ...

helicopter parking position

Aviation; Air traffic control

A part of the apron designated for the touchdown and parking of helicopters that have taxied from a final approach and take-off area (FATO), runway or another part of the ...

electronic deception

Aviation; Air traffic control

Electronic countermeasures (ECM) consisting of the deliberate radiation, reradiation, alteration, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to ...