Aviation

Aviation

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

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peripheral station (PAL)

Aviation; Air traffic control

An unstaffed VHF/UHF transmitter/receiver facility used to facilitate direct contact between pilots and controllers. Sometimes these facilities are not equipped with emergency ...

sea clutter

Aviation; Air traffic control

Radar echoes caused by waves of the sea.

radio direction-finding station

Aviation; Air traffic control

A radio station intended to determine only the direction of other stations by means of transmissions from the latter.

radar environment

Aviation; Air traffic control

An area in which radar service may be provided.

terrain following (TF)

Aviation; Air traffic control

The flight of a military aircraft maintaining a constant altitude above ground level (AGL) above the terrain or the highest obstacle. The altitude of the aircraft will constantly ...

special-use airspace (SUA)

Aviation; Air traffic control

Airspace classified as: (a) Class F advisory (CYA), Class F restricted (CYR) or Class F danger (CYD), which can be controlled airspace, uncontrolled airspace or a combination of ...

radar flight following

Aviation; Air traffic control

The observation of the progress of radar-identified aircraft, the primary navigation of which is being provided by the pilot, wherein the controller retains and correlates the ...