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Aviation
Dealing with vehicles or machines used in flight or propulsion through the air.
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lighter-than-air aircraft
Aviation; Air traffic control
An aircraft supported in the atmosphere by its buoyancy.
dangerous goods
Aviation; Air traffic control
Articles or substances that could pose a significant risk to health, safety, property or the environment.
hang glider
Aviation; Air traffic control
A motorless heavier-than-air aircraft deriving its lift from surfaces that remain fixed in flight, designed to carry not more than two persons and having a launch weight of 100 lb ...
message (MSG)
Aviation; Air traffic control
Any thought or idea expressed briefly in a plain, coded, or secret language and prepared in a form suitable for transmission by any means of communication.
final approach and take-off area
Aviation; Air traffic control
A defined area over which the final phase of a helicopter approach manoeuvre to hover or to land is completed and from which the take-off manoeuvre is commenced. Note ICAO: Where ...
metering
Aviation; Air traffic control
A method of time-regulating arrival traffic flow into a terminal area so as not to exceed a predetermined terminal acceptance rate.
landing area
Aviation; Air traffic control
The part of a movement area intended for the landing or takeoff of aircraft.
Sub-categories
- Aeronautics (18944)
- Air traffic control (14233)
- Aircraft (22883)
- Aircraft maintenance (1634)
- Airframe (736)
- Airline (2189)
- Airplane flying (18062)
- Airplanes & equipment (4488)
- Airport (11900)
- Avionics (154)
- General aviation (1759)
- Helicopter (80)
- Jet engines (2630)
- Powerplant (618)