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269 relations: Aerial refueling, Aerodynamics, Aeroperú Flight 603, Agrupación Aérea Presidencial, Aileron, Air charter, Air Europe, Air Florida, Air Holland, Air Lease Corporation, Air National Guard, Air shuttle, Air traffic control, Air Transport Services Group, Airbus A310, Airbus A320 family, Airbus A321, Airbus A330, Aircraft fairing, Aircraft gross weight, Aircraft hijacking, Aircraft upset, Airfoil, Airframe, Airline Deregulation Act, Airline hub, Airstair, Aluminium alloy, American Airlines, American Airlines Flight 77, American Airlines Flight 965, Arkia, Aspect ratio (aeronautics), ATA Airlines, Autoland, Auxiliary power unit, Avianca, Aviation accidents and incidents, Aviation Partners, Aviation safety, Avionics, Überlingen, BAE Systems Tempest, BAL Bashkirian Airlines, Billings Logan International Airport, Bird strike, Birgenair Flight 301, Blue Dart Aviation, Boeing, Boeing 707, ... Expand index (219 more) »
- 1980s United States airliners
- 1980s United States cargo aircraft
- Aircraft first flown in 1982
Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
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Aerodynamics
Aerodynamics (ἀήρ aero (air) + δυναμική (dynamics)) is the study of the motion of air, particularly when affected by a solid object, such as an airplane wing.
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Aeroperú Flight 603
Aeroperú Flight 603 (PL603/PLI603) was a scheduled passenger flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, with stopovers in Quito, Ecuador, and Lima, Peru.
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Agrupación Aérea Presidencial
The Agrupación Aérea Presidencial (Presidential Air Group) was the Head of State Air Transport Unit for the President of Argentina.
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Aileron
An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.
Air charter
Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline).
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Air Europe
Air Europe was a wholly privately owned, independentindependent from government-owned corporations British airline, established in 1978 under the working title Inter European Airways.
Air Florida
Air Florida was an American low-cost carrier that operated under its own brand from 1972 to 1984.
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Air Holland
Air Holland Charter B.V. was an airline based in the Netherlands.
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Air Lease Corporation
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) is an American aircraft leasing company founded in 2010 and headed by Steven F. Udvar-Házy.
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Air National Guard
The Air National Guard (ANG), also known as the Air Guard, is a federal military reserve force of the United States Air Force, as well as the air militia of each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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Air shuttle
An air shuttle is a scheduled airline service on short routes with a simplified fare and class structure.
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Air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airspace.
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Air Transport Services Group
Air Transport Services Group Inc. (ATSG) is an American aviation holding company which provides air cargo transportation and related services to domestic and foreign air carriers and other companies that outsource their air cargo lift requirements.
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Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a wide-body aircraft, designed and manufactured by Airbus Industrie, then a consortium of European aerospace manufacturers. Boeing 757 and Airbus A310 are aircraft first flown in 1982 and twinjets.
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Airbus A320 family
The Airbus A320 family is a series of narrow-body airliners developed and produced by Airbus. Boeing 757 and Airbus A320 family are twinjets.
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Airbus A321
The Airbus A321 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short to medium range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin engine jet airliners; it carries 185 to 236 passengers. Boeing 757 and Airbus A321 are twinjets.
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Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus. Boeing 757 and Airbus A330 are twinjets.
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Aircraft fairing
An aircraft fairing is a structure whose primary function is to produce a smooth outline and reduce drag.
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Aircraft gross weight
The aircraft gross weight (also known as the all-up weight and abbreviated AUW) is the total aircraft weight at any moment during the flight or ground operation.
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Aircraft hijacking
Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery, air piracy, or aircraft piracy, with the last term used within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States) is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group.
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Aircraft upset
Aircraft upset is an unacceptable condition, in aircraft operations, in which the aircraft flight attitude or airspeed is outside the normally intended limits.
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Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.
Airframe
The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe.
Airline Deregulation Act
The Airline Deregulation Act is a 1978 United States federal law that deregulated the airline industry in the United States, removing federal control over such areas as fares, routes, and market entry of new airlines.
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Airline hub
An airline hub or hub airport is an airport used by one or more airlines to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations.
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Airstair
An airstair is a set of steps built into an aircraft so that passengers may board and alight the aircraft.
Aluminium alloy
An aluminium alloy (UK/IUPAC) or aluminum alloy (NA; see spelling differences) is an alloy in which aluminium (Al) is the predominant metal.
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American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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American Airlines Flight 77
American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles.
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American Airlines Flight 965
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia.
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Arkia
Arkia, legally incorporated as Arkia Israeli Airlines Ltd (ארקיע, I will soar, خطوط أركيا), is an Israeli airline.
Aspect ratio (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, the aspect ratio of a wing is the ratio of its span to its mean chord.
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ATA Airlines
ATA Airlines, Inc., formerly known as American Trans Air and commonly referred to as ATA, was an American low-cost scheduled service and charter airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Autoland
In aviation, autoland describes a system that fully automates the landing procedure of an aircraft's flight, with the flight crew supervising the process.
Auxiliary power unit
An auxiliary power unit (APU) is a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion.
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Avianca
Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A., "Airways of the American Continent", and stylized as avianca since October 2023), is the largest airline in Colombia.
Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction.
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Aviation Partners
Aviation Partners Inc. (API) is a Seattle-based private corporation that specializes in performance-enhancing winglet systems.
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Aviation safety
Aviation safety is the study and practice of managing risks in aviation.
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Avionics
Avionics (a blend of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft.
Überlingen
Überlingen (Low Alemannic: Iberlinge) is a German city on the northern shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee) in Baden-Württemberg near the border with Switzerland.
BAE Systems Tempest
The BAE Systems Tempest is a proposed sixth-generation fighter aircraft that is under development in the United Kingdom for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Boeing 757 and BAE Systems Tempest are twinjets.
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BAL Bashkirian Airlines
BAL – Bashkirian Airlines («Башкирские авиалинии», BAL Bashqortostan Avialiniyaları) was an airline which operated at its head office at Ufa International Airport in Ufa, Russia.
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Billings Logan International Airport
Billings Logan International Airport is in the western United States, northwest of downtown Billings, in Yellowstone County, Montana.
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Bird strike
A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an airborne animal (usually a bird or bat) and a moving vehicle (usually an aircraft).
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Birgenair Flight 301
Birgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt, Germany, via Gander, Canada, and Berlin, Germany.
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Blue Dart Aviation
Blue Dart Aviation is a cargo airline based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Boeing
The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 707 are Boeing aircraft.
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 727 are Boeing aircraft.
Boeing 737 MAX groundings
The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020longer in many jurisdictionsafter 346 people died in two similar crashes in less than five months: Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019.
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Boeing 737 Next Generation
The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a twin-engine narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 737 Next Generation are twinjets.
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Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. Boeing 757 and Boeing 747 are Boeing aircraft.
Boeing 767
The Boeing 767 is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 are 1980s United States airliners, Boeing aircraft and twinjets.
Boeing 777
The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 777 are Boeing aircraft and twinjets.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Boeing 757 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner are Boeing aircraft and twinjets.
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Boeing Business Jet
A Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) is a version of a Boeing jet airliner with modifications to serve the private, head of state, and corporate jet market. Boeing 757 and Boeing Business Jet are Boeing aircraft.
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Boeing C-137 Stratoliner
The Boeing C-137 Stratoliner is a retired VIP transport aircraft derived from the Boeing 707 jet airliner used by the United States Air Force. Boeing 757 and Boeing C-137 Stratoliner are Boeing aircraft.
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Boeing C-32
The Boeing C-32 is the United States Air Force designation for variants of the Boeing 757 in military service. Boeing 757 and Boeing C-32 are twinjets.
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Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) is a division of the Boeing Company.
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Boeing Renton Factory
The Boeing Renton Factory is the Boeing Company's manufacturing facility for narrow-body commercial airliners, and their military derivatives.
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Braniff International Airways
Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties.
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Britannia Airways Flight 226A
Britannia Airways Flight 226A was an international passenger flight from Cardiff, Wales to Girona, Spain, operated by charter airliner Britannia Airways.
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British Airways
British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom.
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Bulk cargo
Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.
CAAC (airline)
CAAC, formerly the People's Aviation Company of China (中國人民航空公司), was the airline division of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the monopoly civil airline in the People's Republic of China.
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Canard (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, a canard is a wing configuration in which a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft or a weapon.
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Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (Canarias), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish region, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Cantilever
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end.
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
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Cargo aircraft
A cargo aircraft (also known as freight aircraft, freighter, airlifter or cargo jet) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is designed or converted for the carriage of cargo rather than passengers.
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Cathode-ray tube
A cathode-ray tube (CRT) is a vacuum tube containing one or more electron guns, which emit electron beams that are manipulated to display images on a phosphorescent screen.
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Cessna Citation family
The Cessna Citation is a family of business jets by Cessna that started in 1972 with the entry into service of the first model. Boeing 757 and Cessna Citation family are twinjets.
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China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines (branded as China Southern) (中国南方航空) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Guangzhou, Guangdong.
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China Southwest Airlines
China Southwest Airlines was a civil airline headquartered in Shuangliu, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, from 1987 to 2002.
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China Xinjiang Airlines
China Xinjiang Airlines was a Chinese airline owned by CAAC.
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Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is the statutory corporation which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the United Kingdom.
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Combi aircraft
Combi aircraft in commercial aviation are aircraft that can be used to carry either passengers as an airliner, or cargo as a freighter, and may have a partition in the aircraft cabin to allow both uses at the same time in a mixed passenger/freight combination.
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Competition between Airbus and Boeing
The competition between Airbus and Boeing has been characterized as a duopoly in the large jet airliner market since the 1990s.
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Computer-aided design
Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.
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Condor (airline)
Condor Flugdienst GmbH, is a German airline based in Neu Isenburg, Hesse, Germany.
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Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines (simply known as Continental) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1934 until it merged with United Airlines in 2012.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Delta Flight Museum
The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Hapeville, Georgia, United States, near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
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DHL
DHL is a logistics company providing courier, package delivery and express mail service, delivering over 1.7 billion parcels per year.
DHL Aero Expreso
DHL Aero Expreso S.A. is a cargo airline based out of Panama City, Panama.
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DHL Air UK
DHL Air UK, incorporated as DHL Air Ltd., is a British cargo airline based in Orbital Park, Hounslow, London Borough of Hounslow.
DHL Aviation
DHL Aviation is a division of DHL responsible for providing air transport capacity.
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DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216
DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216 was an international cargo flight between Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport and Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport.
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Domestic flight
A domestic flight is a form of commercial flight within civil aviation where the departure and the arrival take place in the same country.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Douglas DC-8
The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Dunlop Rubber
Dunlop Ltd. (formerly Dunlop Rubber) was a British multinational company involved in the manufacture of various natural rubber goods.
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Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
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EcoDemonstrator
The ecoDemonstrator Program is a Boeing flight test research program, which has used a series of specially modified aircraft to develop and test aviation technologies designed to improve fuel economy and reduce the noise and ecological footprint of airliners.
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Electromechanics
In engineering, electromechanics combines processes and procedures drawn from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering.
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Electronic flight instrument system
In aviation, an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) is a flight instrument display system in an aircraft cockpit that displays flight data electronically rather than electromechanically.
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Electronic warfare
Electromagnetic warfare or electronic warfare (EW) is warfare involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy operations.
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Empennage
The empennage, also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.
ETOPS
ETOPS is an acronym for Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards, which are safety standards developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for twin-engine commercial passenger aircraft operations.
European Air Transport Leipzig
European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH, often shortened to EAT Leipzig or EAT-LEJ, is a German cargo airline with its head office and main hub on the grounds of Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz.
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Evacuation slide
An evacuation slide is an inflatable slide used to evacuate an aircraft quickly.
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Express mail
Express mail is an expedited mail delivery service for which the customer pays a premium for faster delivery.
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Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas.
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Farnborough International Airshow
The Farnborough International Airshow is a trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries, where civilian and military aircraft are demonstrated to potential customers and investors in Farnborough, Hampshire.
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Fatigue (material)
In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading.
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Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.
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FedEx Express
FedEx Express is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
First Choice Airways
First Choice Airways Limited was a British charter airline of European tour operator TUI Travel plc, based in Crawley, England until its merger with Thomsonfly to form Thomson Airways (now TUI Airways) in 2008.
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First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.
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Flap (aeronautics)
A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight.
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Fleet commonality
In aviation, fleet commonality is the economic and logistic benefits of operating a standardized fleet of aircraft that share common parts, training requirements, or other characteristics.
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Flight engineer
A flight engineer (FE), also sometimes called an air engineer, is the member of an aircraft's flight crew who monitors and operates its complex aircraft systems.
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Flight management system
A flight management system (FMS) is a fundamental component of a modern airliner's avionics.
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Fly-by-wire
Fly-by-wire (FBW) is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface.
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Fuel efficiency
Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.
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Fuselage
The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped") is an aircraft's main body section.
Galley (kitchen)
The galley is the compartment of a ship, train, or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared.
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Garment bag
A garment bag or suit bag is a container of flexible material, usually used to ease transporting suits, jackets or clothing in general, and also to protect clothes from dust by hanging them inside with their hangers and then on a closet bar.
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GE Aerospace
General Electric Company, doing business as GE Aerospace, is an American aircraft engine supplier that is headquartered in Evendale, Ohio, outside Cincinnati.
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Girona–Costa Brava Airport
Girona–Costa Brava Airport (Catalan: Aeroport de Girona-Costa Brava, Spanish: Aeropuerto de Gerona-Costa Brava) is an airport located southwest of the city of Girona, next to the small village of Vilobí d'Onyar, in the north-east of Catalonia, Spain.
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Glass cockpit
A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features an array of electronic (digital) flight instrument displays, typically large LCD screens, rather than traditional analog dials and gauges.
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Government of Kazakhstan
The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Қазақстан Республикасының Үкіметі, Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Ükımetı) oversees a presidential republic.
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Grumman
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft.
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport or often branded as BAIYUNPORT is an international airport serving Guangzhou, the capital of South Central China's Guangdong province.
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Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley.
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Honeycomb structure
Honeycomb structures are natural or man-made structures that have the geometry of a honeycomb to allow the minimization of the amount of used material to reach minimal weight and minimal material cost.
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Honeywell
Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Hot and high
In aviation, hot and high is a condition of low air density due to high ambient temperature and high airport elevation.
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House of Saud
The House of Al Saud (ʾĀl Suʿūd) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia.
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Hull loss
A hull loss is an aviation accident that damages the aircraft beyond economical repair, resulting in a total loss.
Hydraulic motor
A hydraulic motor is a mechanical actuator that converts hydraulic pressure and flow into torque and angular displacement (rotation).
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Hydraulics
Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.
IAI Westwind
The IAI Westwind is a business jet initially produced by Aero Commander as the 1121 Jet Commander. Boeing 757 and IAI Westwind are twinjets.
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Iberia (airline)
Iberia, legally incorporated as Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, is the flag carrier of Spain.
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Icelandair
Icelandair is the flag carrier of Iceland, with its corporate head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport in the capital city Reykjavík.
Inertial navigation system
An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references.
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Instrument landing system
In aviation, the instrument landing system (ILS) is a precision radio navigation system that provides short-range guidance to aircraft to allow them to approach a runway at night or in bad weather.
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International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth.
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International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading
The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (ISTAT) is a non-profit aviation industry association.
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Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries, is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage.
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Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines (JAL) is the flag carrier of Japan.
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John Wayne Airport
John Wayne Airport is an international commercial and general aviation airport that serves Orange County, California, and the Greater Los Angeles area.
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Juan Santamaría International Airport
Juan Santamaría International Airport (Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica.
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Kevlar
Kevlar (para-aramid) is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora.
Krueger flap
Krueger flaps, or Krüger flaps, are lift enhancement devices that may be fitted to the leading edge of an aircraft wing.
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LaGuardia Airport
LaGuardia Airport is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City.
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Laminar flow
Laminar flow is the property of fluid particles in fluid dynamics to follow smooth paths in layers, with each layer moving smoothly past the adjacent layers with little or no mixing.
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Landing gear
Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.
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Leading-edge slat
A slat is an aerodynamic surface on the leading edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.
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Legacy carrier
In the United States, a legacy carrier is an airline that was once economically regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) during the period of airline regulation 1938–1978 or can trace its origin to one that did.
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Lifeboat (shipboard)
A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.
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Lift (force)
When a fluid flows around an object, the fluid exerts a force on the object.
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Lift-induced drag
Lift-induced drag, induced drag, vortex drag, or sometimes drag due to lift, in aerodynamics, is an aerodynamic drag force that occurs whenever a moving object redirects the airflow coming at it.
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List of Boeing customer codes
Unique, fixed customer codes were used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to denote the original customer for airframes produced as part of Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser and later 7x7 families of commercial aircraft until 2016.
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List of civil aircraft
List of civil aircraft is a list of articles on civilian aircraft with descriptions, which excludes aircraft operated by military organizations in civil markings, warbirds, warbirds used for racing, replica warbirds and research aircraft.
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List of commercial jet airliners
The following is the list of purpose-built passenger jet airliners.
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List of sultans of Brunei
The Sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of state of Brunei and head of government in his capacity as prime minister of Brunei.
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
The Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor is an American twin-engine all-weather stealth fighter aircraft developed and produced for the United States Air Force (USAF). Boeing 757 and Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor are twinjets.
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LTU International
LTU International Airways, retrieved 4 March 2023 usually shortened to LTU and legally incorporated as LTU Lufttransport-Unternehmen GmbH, was a German leisure airline headquartered in Düsseldorf.
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Lufthansa
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, or simply Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany.
Mach number
The Mach number (M or Ma), often only Mach, is a dimensionless quantity in fluid dynamics representing the ratio of flow velocity past a boundary to the local speed of sound.
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Mainline (aeronautics)
A mainline flight is a flight operated by an airline's main operating unit, rather than by regional alliances, regional code-shares, regional subsidiaries, or wholly owned subsidiaries offering low-cost operations.
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Maximum takeoff weight
The maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) or maximum gross takeoff weight (MGTOW) or maximum takeoff mass (MTOM) of an aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot is allowed to attempt to take off, due to structural or other limits.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Boeing 757 and McDonnell Douglas DC-9 are twinjets.
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McDonnell Douglas MD-80
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. Boeing 757 and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 are 1980s United States airliners and twinjets.
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Medical evacuation
Medical evacuation, often shortened to medevac or medivac, is the timely and efficient movement and en route care provided by medical personnel to wounded being evacuated from a battlefield, to injured patients being evacuated from the scene of an accident to receiving medical facilities, or to patients at a rural hospital requiring urgent care at a better-equipped facility using medically equipped air ambulances, helicopters and other means of emergency transport including ground ambulance and maritime transfers.
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Mexican Air Force
The Mexican Air Force (FAM; Fuerza Aérea Mexicana) is the air service branch of the Mexican Armed Forces.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Monarch Airlines
Monarch Airlines, simply known as Monarch, was a British charter and scheduled airline founded by Bill Hodgson and Don Peacock and financed by the Swiss Sergio Mantegazza family.
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Narrow-body aircraft
A narrow-body aircraft or single-aisle aircraft is an airliner arranged along a single aisle, permitting up to 6-abreast seating in a cabin less than in width.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
National Airlines (N8)
National Air Cargo Group, Inc., also operating as National Airlines, is a United States airline based in Orlando, Florida.
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National Transportation Safety Board
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
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Nepal Airlines
Nepal Airlines Corporation (Nepal Air Service Corporation), formerly known as Royal Nepal Airlines (label), is the flag carrier of Nepal.
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Noise regulation
Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government.
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Non-stop flight
A non-stop flight is a flight by an aircraft with no intermediate stops.
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North American Airlines
North American Airlines, Inc., was an American airline with its headquarters at the HLH Building in Peachtree City, Georgia in Greater Atlanta, United States.
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Northrop YF-23
The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, supersonic stealth fighter aircraft technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF). Boeing 757 and Northrop YF-23 are twinjets.
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Northwest Airlines
Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010.
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Oil pressure
Oil pressure is an important factor in the longevity of most internal combustion engines.
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OpenSkies
OpenSkies was a French airline owned by International Airlines Group (IAG) which operated under the Level brand prior to closing down, and before that operated under its own brand name.
Operating cost
Operating costs or operational costs, are the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility.
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Operating empty weight
Empty weight (EW) is the sum of the ‘as built’ manufacturer's empty weight (MEW), plus any standard items (SI) plus any operator items (OI), EW.
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Pallet
A pallet (also called a skid) is a flat transport structure, which supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, a pallet jack, a front loader, a jacking device, or an erect crane.
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, researcher, film producer, explorer, sports executive, investor and philanthropist.
Payload
Payload is the object or the entity which is being carried by an aircraft or launch vehicle.
Pegasus Field
Pegasus Field was an airstrip in Antarctica, the southernmost of three airfields serving McMurdo Station.
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Pilot error
In aviation, pilot error generally refers to an action or decision made by a pilot that is a substantial contributing factor leading to an aviation accident. It also includes a pilot's failure to make a correct decision or take proper action.
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Pitot tube
A pitot tube (also pitot probe) measures fluid flow velocity.
Pitot–static system
A pitot–static system is a system of pressure-sensitive instruments that is most often used in aviation to determine an aircraft's airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend.
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Pratt & Whitney
Pratt & Whitney is an American aerospace manufacturer with global service operations.
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Pratt & Whitney PW2000
The Pratt & Whitney PW2000, also known by the military designation F117 and initially referred to as the JT10D, is a series of high-bypass turbofan aircraft engines with a thrust range from.
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President of Argentina
The president of Argentina (Presidente de Argentina; officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation Presidente de la Nación Argentina.) is both head of state and head of government of Argentina.
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President of Mexico
The president of Mexico (Presidente de México), officially the president of the United Mexican States (Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico.
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Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand (Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.
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Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata; (Port-de-Plate) is a major coastal city in the Dominican Republic, and capital of the province of Puerto Plata.
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Ram air turbine
A ram air turbine (RAT) is a small wind turbine that is connected to a hydraulic pump, or electrical generator, installed in an aircraft and used as a power source.
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Range (aeronautics)
The maximal total range is the maximum distance an aircraft can fly between takeoff and landing.
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Raymond Loewy
Raymond Loewy (November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries.
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Reinforced carbon–carbon
Carbon fibre reinforced carbon (CFRC), carbon–carbon (C/C), or reinforced carbon–carbon (RCC) is a composite material consisting of carbon fiber reinforcement in a matrix of graphite.
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Retro style
Retro style is imitative or consciously derivative of lifestyles, trends, or art forms from the past, including in music, modes, fashions, or attitudes.
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Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins, Inc. was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers.
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Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, components in the automotive industry, printing presses, avionics and industrial products.
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Rolls-Royce Holdings
Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011.
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Rolls-Royce RB211
The Rolls-Royce RB211 is a British family of high-bypass turbofan engines made by Rolls-Royce.
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Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is a public airport located in Crystal City, in Arlington County, Virginia, United States, from Washington, D.C. It is the closest airport to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, the 24th-busiest airport in the nation, the busiest airport in the Washington metropolitan area, and the second busiest in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.
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Royal Aeronautical Society
The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.
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Royal Brunei Airlines
Royal Brunei Airlines Sdn Bhd (RB) (Penerbangan DiRaja Brunei, Jawi) is the flag carrier of Brunei, headquartered in the RB Campus in Bandar Seri Begawan.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Scott Base
Scott Base is a New Zealand Antarctic research station at Pram Point on Ross Island near Mount Erebus in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.
Seniority
Seniority is the state of being older or placed in a higher position of status relative to another individual, group, or organization.
Separation (aeronautics)
In air traffic control, separation is the name for the concept of keeping an aircraft outside a minimum distance from another aircraft to reduce the risk of those aircraft colliding, as well as prevent accidents due to secondary factors, such as wake turbulence.
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September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.
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Shanghai Airlines
Shanghai Airlines is an airline headquartered in Shanghai and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines.
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Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA or SQ) is the flag carrier of Singapore with its hub located at Changi Airport.
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Spatial disorientation
Spatial disorientation is the inability to determine position or relative motion, commonly occurring during periods of challenging visibility, since vision is the dominant sense for orientation.
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Special Air Mission
The United States Air Force Special Air Mission provides air transportation for the president of the United States (POTUS), vice president of the United States (VPOTUS), first lady of the United States (FLOTUS), presidential Cabinet, U.S. congressional delegations (CODELs), and other high-ranking American and foreign dignitaries.
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Spoiler (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, a spoiler (sometimes called a lift spoiler or lift dumper) is a device which intentionally reduces the lift component of an airfoil in a controlled way.
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Stall (engine)
A stall is the slowing or stopping of a process and in the case of an engine refers to a sudden stopping of the engine turning, usually brought about accidentally.
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Steven F. Udvar-Házy
Steven Ferencz Udvar-Házy (born 1946), also known as István or Steve Hazy, is a Hungarian-American billionaire businessman and the executive chairman of Air Lease Corporation.
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Subsonic aircraft
A subsonic aircraft is an aircraft with a maximum speed less than the speed of sound (Mach 1).
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Supercritical airfoil
A supercritical aerofoil (supercritical airfoil in American English) is an airfoil designed primarily to delay the onset of wave drag in the transonic speed range.
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T-tail
A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane of an aircraft is mounted to the top of the fin.
Tailstrike
In aviation, a tailstrike or tail strike occurs when the tail or empennage of an aircraft strikes the ground or other stationary object.
Takeoff
Takeoff is the phase of flight in which an aerospace vehicle leaves the ground and becomes airborne.
Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomas Cook Airlines Limited was a British charter and scheduled airline headquartered in Manchester, England.
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Thrust-to-weight ratio
Thrust-to-weight ratio is a dimensionless ratio of thrust to weight of a rocket, jet engine, propeller engine, or a vehicle propelled by such an engine that is an indicator of the performance of the engine or vehicle.
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Traffic collision avoidance system
A traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS, pronounced; TEE-kas), is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collision (MAC) between aircraft.
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Trans World Airlines
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001.
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Transbrasil
TransBrasil was a Brazilian airline which ceased operations on 3 December 2001.
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Transcontinental flight
A transcontinental flight is a non-stop passenger flight from one side of a continent to the other.
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Tribhuvan International Airport
Tribhuvan International Airport (त्रिभुवन अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विमानस्थल,, colloquially referred to as TIA) is an international airport located in Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal.
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Tricycle landing gear
Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion.
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Trijet
A trijet is a jet aircraft powered by three jet engines.
Trump Force One
The Trump Organization's Boeing 757, nicknamed Trump Force One after the U.S. presidential plane, Air Force One, is an aircraft owned and operated by Donald Trump.
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TUI Group
TUI AG (trading as TUI Group) is a German leisure, travel and tourism company; it is the largest such company in the world.
Tupolev Tu-154
The Tupolev Tu-154 (Tyполев Ту-154; NATO reporting name: "Careless") is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev.
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Tupolev Tu-204
The Tupolev Tu-204 (Туполев Ту-204) is a twin-engined medium-range narrow-body jet airliner capable of carrying 210 passengers, designed by Tupolev and produced by Aviastar-SP and Kazan Aircraft Production Association. Boeing 757 and Tupolev Tu-204 are twinjets.
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Turbofan
A turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion.
Twinjet
A twinjet or twin-engine jet is a jet aircraft powered by two engines. Boeing 757 and twinjet are twinjets.
Type rating
A type rating is an authorization entered on or associated with a pilot license and forming part thereof, stating the pilot's privileges or limitations pertaining to certain aircraft type.
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Unit load device
A unit load device (ULD) is a container used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft and specific narrow-body aircraft.
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United Airlines
United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
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United Airlines Flight 93
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.
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UPS Airlines
UPS Airlines is a major American cargo airline based in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Very important person
A very important person (VIP or V.I.P.) or personage is a person who is accorded special privileges due to their high social rank, status, influence, or importance.
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Vice President of the United States
The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession.
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Wake turbulence
Wake turbulence is a disturbance in the atmosphere that forms behind an aircraft as it passes through the air.
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Wide-body aircraft
Emirates A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft and in the largest cases as a jumbo jet, is an airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast.
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Wing root
The wing root is the part of the wing on a fixed-wing aircraft or winged-spaceship that is closest to the fuselage,Peppler, I.L.: From The Ground Up, page 9.
Wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip.
Wingtip device
Wingtip devices are intended to improve the efficiency of fixed-wing aircraft by reducing drag.
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Wingtip vortices
Wingtip vortices are circular patterns of rotating air left behind a wing as it generates lift.
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XiamenAir
Xiamen Air, also known as Xiamen Airlines, is an airline based in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from 6 to 25 October 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria.
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1990 Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions
On 2 October 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737, operating Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, collided with two other aircraft on the runways of the old Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport while attempting to land.
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2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
On 1 July 2002, BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, and DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo jet, collided in mid-air over Überlingen, a southern German town on Lake Constance, near the Swiss border.
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2016 United States presidential election
The 2016 United States presidential election was the 58th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016.
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See also
1980s United States airliners
- Beechcraft 1900
- Boeing 737 Classic
- Boeing 747-400
- Boeing 757
- Boeing 767
- Commuter Aircraft Corporation CAC-100
- McDonnell Douglas MD-80
1980s United States cargo aircraft
- Boeing 757
- Hawk GAFHawk
- Lockheed Flatbed
Aircraft first flown in 1982
- AISA GN
- Airbus A310
- American Aerolights Double Eagle
- Antonov An-124 Ruslan
- Applebay Zia
- Beechcraft 1900
- Beechcraft Lightning
- Birdman Project 102
- Boeing 757
- Cessna 208 Caravan
- Champion Freedom Falcon
- Collins Dipper
- Cozy III
- Diehl AeroNautical XTC Hydrolight
- Elmwood Christavia Mk I
- Fisher Barnstormer
- Fisher Boomerang
- Fisher FP-101
- Fisher FP-303
- Fisher Super Koala
- General Dynamics F-16XL
- Grob G 110
- HVS (aircraft)
- Harbin Y-12
- Hawk GAFHawk
- IAR 825
- Ilyushin Il-102
- Jurca Spit
- Kamov Ka-50
- Kohm Lady Godiva
- Lake Renegade
- Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila
- Mil Mi-28
- Northrop F-20 Tigershark
- PZL M-21 Dromader Mini
- Quickie Free Enterprise
- Rutan Grizzly
- Rutan Solitaire
- Sadler Vampire
- Schweizer SGM 2-37
- Seawind International Seawind
- Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk
- Smith XP-99 Prop-Jet
- Stralpes Aéro ST-11
- Valmet PIK-23 Towmaster
- Wag-Aero CHUBy CUBy
- Zenair CH 180
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