Aviation

Aviation

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

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weather information

Aviation; Air traffic control

Information supplied to operators and flight crew members that phenomena, meteorological reports, aerodrome forecasts, forecasts for takeoff, landing forecasts, SIGMET and air ...

wind cone

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) An indicator that is in the form of a truncated cone made of fabric and that is not less than 12 ft long and, at the larger end, not less than 3 ft in diameter, so constructed ...

wind sleeve

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) An indicator that is in the form of a truncated cone made of fabric and that is not less than 12 ft long and, at the larger end, not less than 3 ft in diameter, so constructed ...

windsock

Aviation; Air traffic control

(1) An indicator that is in the form of a truncated cone made of fabric and that is not less than 12 ft long and, at the larger end, not less than 3 ft in diameter, so constructed ...

zulu

Aviation; Air traffic control

Spoken expression for: Co-ordinated Universal Time. Note: This expression is pronounced "ZOO loo."

visual descent point (VDP)

Aviation; Air traffic control

U.S.: A defined point on the final approach course of a nonprecision (sic) straight-in approach procedure from which normal descent from the minimum descent altitude (MDA) to the ...

warning area

Aviation; Air traffic control

U.S.: A warning area is airspace of defined dimensions, extending from 3 NM outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to ...