Index of aviation articles

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A

Aviation accidents and incidents – ADF – Accessory drive – Advance airfield – Advanced Air Mobility –

Advanced Technology Engine
– Adverse yaw – Aerial ramming – Aerial reconnaissance – Aerobatics – Aerodrome – Aerodrome mapping database (AMDB) – Aerodynamics –
Aerofoil
– Aerodrome beacon – Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) – Aeronautical chart – Aeronautical Message Handling System – Aeronautical phraseology – Aeronautics – Aerospace – Aerospace engineering – Afterburner – Agile Combat Employment (ACE) – Aileron –
Air Charter
– Air defense identification zone (ADIZ) –
Air Freight Terminal
– Air traffic flow management – Air-augmented rocket – Airband –
Airbase
– Airborne collision avoidance system – Aircraft canopy –
Aircraft maintenance engineer
(AME) – Aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) – Aircraft registration – Aircraft – Aircraft catapult – Aircraft engine controls – Aircraft fairing – Aircraft lavatory – Aircraft marshalling –
Aircraft noise
– Aircraft ordnance –
Aircraft periscope
– Air data boom – Airfoil –
Airline Transport Pilot License
– Airline – Airliner –
Airmiss
– Air navigation – Air observation post – Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) – Airpark – Airport - Airports Commission – Aviation safety –
Air route
– Airship –
Airshow
–
Airspace classes
– Airspeed – Airspeed indicator – Air-start system – Air traffic control –
Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981
– Air-to-ground communication – Air turborocket – Altimeter – Altiport – Altitude – Angel Flight – Angle of attack – Angle of incidence –
Anhedral
– Anti-collision light – Anti-torque pedals (Helicopter rudder pedals) – Arresting gear –
Artificial horizon
–
Aspect ratio (wing)
– Assisted take-off – Astrodome – Attitude indicator –
Autoflare
– Autoland –
Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast
–
Automatic Terminal Information Service
(ATIS) –
Autorotation (helicopter)
– Autorotation (fixed-wing aircraft) – Autopilot – Aviation – Aviation archaeology – Aviation communication –
Aviation history
– Aviation light signals – Aviation medical examiner (AME) – Aviation parts tag – Aviation safety –
Aviation system
–
Aviator
– Aviator call sign – Avionics – Auxiliary power unit

B

Balloon (aircraft)
– Bird strike –
Blast pad
–
Blimp
– Blown flap – Bolter – Boundary layer – Brevity code – Brodie landing system – Bubble canopy – §Bypass ratio

C

Canard – Carrier onboard delivery –

Center of gravity (aircraft)
–
Chord (aircraft)
– Chosen instrument –
Circuit (airfield)
– Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary) –
Civil Aviation Authority
(CAA) – Clear-air turbulence – Cloaking device – Cockpit –
Cockpit voice recorder
–
Coefficient of lift
– Coefficient of moment – Collective –
Commercial pilot license
– Common-use self-service (CUSS) – Compass – Compression lift – Compressor stall –
Contour flying
– Controlled airspace –
CVFR
– Convergent Exhaust Nozzle Control (CENC) – Convertiplane – Cowling –
Crab landing
– Crash position indicator – Cross control –
CTAF
– Cyclic

D

Deep stall
– Delta wing –
Dihedral
– Distance measuring equipment (DME) – Downwash – Drag – Drag-reducing aerospike – Drop zone – Dual control – Ducted fan – Dutch roll

E

Elevator
– Elevon – Emergency locator beacon –
Emergency locator transmitter
ELT – Empennage (tail section) – Enhanced flight vision system (EFVS/EVS) – ETOPS – Experimental aircraft – External vision system (XVS) – Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation) – Empty weight –
Environmental and climate impacts of aviation

F

Fail-safe – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA – US authority) – Fixed-base operator – Flame holder – Flameout –

Flap
– Flight – Flight computer – Flight control surfaces –
Flight data recorder
– Flight deck – Flight envelope protection – Flight information region – Flight instruments – Flight length – Flight level – Flight management system (FMS) – Flight plan – Flight planning – Flight simulator – Flight training –
Flight time
– Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) – Fly-by-wire – Flying – Flying car – Flying families – Fly-in –
Flying Platform
– Flying wing – Folding wing –
Form drag
- From the Ground Up (book) – Formation light - Flight information service – Fuel control unit

G

Geared turbofan – General aviation – g-LOC – G-suit – Glass cockpit –

Glide path
–
Glider aircraft
– Glider (sailplane) –
Glider pilot certificate
– Gliding – Gluhareff Pressure Jet –
Go around
–
GPS
– Great-circle distance –
Ground Air Emergency Code
– Ground carriage – Ground effect – Ground support equipment – Gust lock – Gyrodyne

H

Hardstand – Heading indicator – Head-up display –

Hold (aviation)
– History of aviation – Helicopter – Helicopter flight controls – Horseshoe vortex – Hypermobility – Hypersonic flight

I

ICAO spelling alphabet
– Ion-propelled aircraft –
Inertial Navigation System
– Infrared (IR) – Infrared search and track (IRST) – Infrared signature – Instrument flight rules (IFR) – Instrument landing system (ILS) – Instrument rating – Indicated airspeed –
Intake/Inlet blank
– Intake ramp – International Air Transport Association (IATA) – International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) –
Integrated engine pressure ratio
(IEPR) – Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISTAR) – International Fighter Pilots Academy (IFPA) - Instrument meteorological conditions

J

Jet Airliner – Jet blast deflector (JBD) – Jet engine –

Jetliner
– Jet wash –
Jetway
– Joint-use airport – Joystick

K

Kneeboard

L

Landing – Landing gear – Landing gear extender – Landing lights –

Landing T
– Landing zone – Leading-edge extension (LEVCON) – Lift (force) – Lift-induced drag – Light-sport aircraft – Low-altitude parachute-extraction system

M

Machmeter – Mach tuck – Magnetic chip detector –

Maintenance
– METAR –
Meteorology
–
Maintenance, repair and overhaul
– Minimum interval takeoff (MITO) – Mobility –
Mobile Electric Power Plant
(MEPP) – Moving map display (MMD) – Multi-function display (MFD)

N

NACA duct – Nacelle – Nanolight –

Nautical airmile
– Naval air station – Naval outlying landing field – Naval aviation – Navigation - Navigation light – No-fly zone – Non-directional beacon (NDB) – Non-towered airport –
Night aviation regulations in the US
– NOTAM

O

Oleo strut –

Operational Readiness Platform
(ORP) –
Oshkosh Airshow
– Overhead join

P

Performance and weather minima –

Performance envelope
– Personal air vehicle – Phugoid –
Pilot controlled lighting
– Pilot direction indicator (PDI) –
Pilot licenses
– Pilot licensing and certification –
Pilot reports
(PIREPS) – Plane guard – Powered lift – Precision approach path indicator – Precooled jet engine –
Private pilot license
– Prone pilot –
Propeller
– Propelling nozzle – Propfan – Pulsejet – Pushback (aviation)

Q

Quick access recorder – QFE –

QNH
– Q code – QTOL

R

Radar –

Radar intercept officer
– Radio beacon –
Radar blip
–
Radar cross-section
– Radar lock-on – Radar warning receiver – Ram air turbine – Ramjet – Reaction engine –
Reaction propulsion
– Ready room – Reciprocating engines – Red square –
Reduced take-off and landing
(RTOL) – Relaxed stability – Remove before flight tag –
RIAT
–
Roadable aircraft
– Rocket turbine engine – Rogallo wing – Rotating detonation engine –
Route structure
– Rudder –
Ruddervator
–
Rule of three (aviation)
– Runway – Run-up (aviation)

S

Satellite airfield – Scramjet – Seaplane base –

Second line
-
Sectional chart
– Shock diamond – Shcramjet – Signal square – Spatial disorientation –
Spar
–
Spin (flight)
– Spoiler (aeronautics) – Spy basket –
Slats
–
Slip landing
–
specific fuel consumption
(propeller engines) –
Specific fuel consumption (thrust)
(jet engines) –
Sport pilot certificate
– Stabilator – Stagger –
Stall (flight)
– Standard day – Stealth aircraft – Stick shaker – STOLport – Strike package – Student pilot certificate – Supercruise – Supermaneuverability –
Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
–
Swing-wing

T

T-tail – Tactical Camera System (TCS) – Tabletop runway – Tactical beacon (TACBE) –

Tailess aircraft
– Tailhook – Takeoff – Takeoff/go-around switch –
Target blip
– Taxiing – Taxiway – Ten-code – Terminal area chart – Thrust vectoring – Traffic pattern indicator – Transatlantic flight – Trim tab – True airspeed – Turbine engine –
Turn and bank indicator

U

Uncontrolled airport (see Non-towered airport) – Uncontrolled airspace – Underground hangar –

Urban Air Mobility

V

V speeds – V-tail – Valveless pulsejet – Variable cycle engine – Venturi effect –

Vertical speed indicator
– Vertical stabilizer (fin) – Visual approach slope indicator (VASI) – Visual flight rules (VFR) –
VNE
– VOR VHF omni-range (type of navigational beacon) - Visual meteorological conditions

W

War emergency power – Waverider – Waypoint – Wayport – Wheel chock – Wide-body aircraft – Wind shear – Wing – Wingtip vortices – Wingbox – Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle – Winglet – World aeronautical chart

Y

Yaw angle
– Yaw string – Yehudi lights

See also

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