List of aviation topics - Definition and Overview

A

• ADF
• Aerobatics
• Aerodynamics
• Aeronautics
• Aileron
• Airband
• Aircraft
• Aircraft engine controls
• Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME)
• Airfield
• Airfield traffic zone (ATZ, and MATZ)
• Airfoil
• Air navigation
• Airport
• Airspace classes
• Airspeed
• Airspeed indicator
• Air traffic control
• Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
• Altimeter
• Altitude
• Angle of attack
• Angle of incidence
• Anhedral
• Artificial horizon
• Aspect ratio (wing)
• Assisted take off
• Attitude indicator
• Autopilot
• Aviation
• Aviation System
• Avionics

B

• Bypass ratio
• Bird strike

C

• Canard
• Chord (aircraft)
• Circuit (airfield)
• Civil Aviation Authority (CAA - UK authority)
• Coefficient of lift
• Commercial Pilot License
• Compass
• Controlled airspace
• CTAF
• Crab landing

D

• Deep stall
• Delta wing
• Dihedral
• DME Distance Measuring Equipment
• Drag
• Ducted fan
• Dutch roll

E

• Elevator
• Elevon
• Emergency Locator Transmitter ELT
• Experimental Aircraft

F

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA - US authority)
• Fixed base operator
• Flame holder
• Flap
• Flight
• Flight Attendant Appreciation Club
• Flight controls
• Flight instruments
• Flight level
• Fly-by-wire
• Flying
• Flying wing
• Form drag

G

• General aviation
• Glass cockpit
• Go around
• GPS
• Ground effect

H

• Heading indicator
• Hold (aviation)

I

• IFR Instrument flight rules
• ILS Instrument landing system
• Incidents in Aviation
• Indicated airspeed
• International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

J

• Jet engine
• Jetway
• Joystick

L

• Landing
• Leading edge extension
• Lift (force)
• Lift-induced drag

M

• METAR
• Meteorology

N

• NATO phonetic alphabet
• Non-directional beacon (NDB)
• Navigation

O

• Overhead join

P

• Performance envelope
• Private Pilot License
• Propeller

Q

• QFE
• QNH

R

• Relaxed stability
• Rogallo wing
• Rudder
• Ruddervator
• Runway

S

• Spar
• Spin (flight)
• Spoiler (aeronautics)
• Slats
• Slip landing
• Specific fuel consumption
• Stall
• Stick shaker
• Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
• Swing-wing

T

• T-tail
• Taking off
• Taxiing
• Thrust vectoring
• True airspeed
• Turn and bank indicator

U

• Uncontrolled airspace

V

• V-tail
• Vertical speed indicator
• VFR Visual flight rules
• Vne
• VOR VHF omni-range (type of navigational beacon)
• V Speeds

W

• Waverider
• Wind shear
• Wing
• Winglet

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