General aviation

General aviation

The science and practice of artificial flight which involves the design, development, production, operation of aircraft or heavier-than-air machines.

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Spelling technique under which each letter is replaced by a word starting with the letter in question (for example: “Alfa, Bravo, Charlie” to spell “ABC”). The current alphabet is also known as the ...

repositioning

Aviation; General aviation

Flying from the point of destination to the next point of origin, without carrying any payload (in the case of an aircraft) or without being responsible for payload (in the case of a crew member).

roger

Aviation; General aviation

Commonly used word in aviation communications, to indicate that an instruction has been received and understood.

sectore

Aviation; General aviation

Segment involving a take-off and landing (for example: a London-Bangkok-Sydney flight contains two sectors).

stopover

Aviation; General aviation

Scheduled interruption of a flight at an intermediate airport, either to refuel (in which case, it is known as a “technical stopover”) or to pick up/drop off payload (for example: flight 789 from New ...