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Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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point of activation
Aviation; Air traffic control
The position, expressed by either a four-letter, four-digit geographical reference (GEOREF) or four-digit latitude and longitude co-ordinates, from which an aircraft departs or is ...
tiltrotor aircraft
Aviation; Air traffic control
A rotorcraft with the axes of the power-driven proprotor blades capable of pivoting from vertical for vertical takeoff, landing, and hover operations to horizontal to derive lift ...
rotation point
Aviation; Air traffic control
The location along a runway where an aircraft is brought to the flying attitude as take-off speed is reached.
turboprop aircraft
Aviation; Air traffic control
An aircraft that derives most of its propulsive power from the thrust developed by a turbojet engine having a turbine-driven propeller.
reporting point
Aviation; Air traffic control
A specific fix in relation to which the position of an aircraft can be reported.
turbojet aircraft
Aviation; Air traffic control
An aircraft having a jet engine in which the energy of the jet operates a turbine, which, in turn, operates the air compressor.
touchdown point
Aviation; Air traffic control
(1) The point at which an aircraft first makes contact with the landing surface.
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