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72 relations: Aerial advertising, Aerial application, Aerial firefighting, Aerobatics, Aerodrome, Aeroméxico Flight 498, Aerospace manufacturer, Agricultural aircraft, Air cargo, Air charter, Air racing, Air sports, Air taxi, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, Airline, Airworthiness, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, Business aircraft, Business jet, Canada, Canadian Owners and Pilots Association, Cessna 172, Cirrus SR22, Civil aviation, Civil aviation authority, Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom), Commercial aviation, Controlled airspace, Domestic airport, Environmental effects of aviation, European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Experimental Aircraft Association, Flight training, Flying club, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, General Aviation Revitalization Act, Glider (aircraft), Gross domestic product, Helicopter, Homebuilt aircraft, Hot air balloon, Instrument flight rules, International Civil Aviation Organization, Light aircraft, Light-sport aircraft, List of current production certified light aircraft, List of most-produced aircraft, Medical evacuation, National Business Aviation Association, National Transportation Safety Board, ... Expand index (22 more) »
Aerial advertising
Aerial advertising is a form of advertising that incorporates the use of flogos, manned aircraft, or drones to create, transport, or display, advertising media.
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Aerial application
Aerial application, or what is informally referred to as crop dusting, involves spraying crops with crop protection products from an agricultural aircraft.
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Aerial firefighting
Aerial firefighting, also known as waterbombing, is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires.
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Aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights.
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Aerodrome
An aerodrome is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use.
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Aeroméxico Flight 498
Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops.
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Aerospace manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft.
See General aviation and Aerospace manufacturer
Agricultural aircraft
An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles, they are referred to as "crop dusters" or "top dressers".
See General aviation and Agricultural aircraft
Air cargo
Air cargo is any property carried or to be carried in an aircraft.
See General aviation and Air cargo
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).
See General aviation and Air charter
Air racing
Air racing is a type of motorsport that involves airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.
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Air sports
The term "air sports" covers a range of aerial activities, including air racing, aerobatics, aeromodelling, hang gliding, human-powered aircraft, parachuting, paragliding and skydiving.
See General aviation and Air sports
Air taxi
The air taxi market is an application of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)air transportation systems that utilize advanced technologies such as vertical takeoffs, autonomous capabilities, or fully-electric systemsfor short to mid range on-demand flights.
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Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) is a Frederick, Maryland-based American non-profit political organization that advocates for general aviation.
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Airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and/or freight.
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Airworthiness
In aviation, airworthiness is the measure of an aircraft's suitability for safe flight.
See General aviation and Airworthiness
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853
Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 was a regularly scheduled Allegheny Airlines flight from Boston, Massachusetts, to St. Louis, Missouri, with stops in Baltimore, Maryland, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Business aircraft
Business aircraft are aircraft typically used by companies and corporations to transport people or goods related to the needs of said businesses.
See General aviation and Business aircraft
Business jet
A business jet, private jet, or bizjet is a jet aircraft designed for transporting small groups of people, typically business executives and high-ranking associates.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
See General aviation and Canada
Canadian Owners and Pilots Association
The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) (Association canadienne des pilotes et propriétaires d'aéronefs) is a federally registered not-for-profit association that provides information and advocacy services for Canadian pilots who fly for non-commercial purposes.
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Cessna 172
The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is an American four-seat, single-engine, high wing, fixed-wing aircraft made by the Cessna Aircraft Company.
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Cirrus SR22
The Cirrus SR22 is a single-engine four- or five-seat composite aircraft built since 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
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Civil aviation
Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial.
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Civil aviation authority
A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register.
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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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Commercial aviation
Commercial aviation is the part of civil aviation that involves operating aircraft for remuneration or hire, as opposed to private aviation.
See General aviation and Commercial aviation
Controlled airspace
Controlled airspace is airspace of defined dimensions within which air traffic control (ATC) services are provided.
See General aviation and Controlled airspace
Domestic airport
A domestic airport is an airport that handles only flights within the same country.
See General aviation and Domestic airport
Environmental effects of aviation
Aircraft engines produce gases, noise, and particulates from fossil fuel combustion, raising environmental concerns over their global effects and their effects on local air quality.
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European Union Aviation Safety Agency
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Commission with responsibility for civil aviation safety in the European Union.
See General aviation and European Union Aviation Safety Agency
Experimental Aircraft Association
The Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) is an international organization of aviation enthusiasts based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Since its inception, it has grown internationally with over 300,000 members and nearly 1,000 chapters worldwide. It hosts the largest aviation gathering of its kind in the world, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
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Flight training
Flight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft.
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Flying club
A flying club or aero club is a not-for-profit, member-run organization that provides its members with affordable access to aircraft.
See General aviation and Flying club
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) is the industry trade association representing general aviation (non-military & non-airliner) aircraft manufacturers and related enterprises, chiefly in the United States.
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General Aviation Revitalization Act
The General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, also known by its initials GARA, is Public Law 103-298, an Act of Congress on Senate Bill S. 1458 (103rd Congress), amending the Federal Aviation Act of 1958.
See General aviation and General Aviation Revitalization Act
Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
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Homebuilt aircraft
Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity.
See General aviation and Homebuilt aircraft
Hot air balloon
A hot air balloon is a lighter-than-air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air.
See General aviation and Hot air balloon
Instrument flight rules
In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).
See General aviation and Instrument flight rules
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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Light aircraft
A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.
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Light-sport aircraft
A light-sport aircraft (LSA), or light sport aircraft, is a fairly new category of small, lightweight aircraft that are simple to fly.
See General aviation and Light-sport aircraft
List of current production certified light aircraft
This list of light aircraft certified for general aviation that is currently in production (as of 2024) does not include single pilot very light twin turbojet airplanes (VLJ) or helicopters.
See General aviation and List of current production certified light aircraft
List of most-produced aircraft
This is a list of the most-produced aircraft types whose numbers exceed or exceeded 5,000.
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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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National Business Aviation Association
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is a professional association and lobbying group for private business aviation.
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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.
See General aviation and National Transportation Safety Board
Nav Canada
Nav Canada (styled as NAV CANADA) is a privately run, non-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system (ANS).
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One Six Right
One Six Right: The Romance of Flying is an independent documentary film about the general aviation industry as seen through a local airport.
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OpenAirplane
OpenAirplane was a general aviation service that aimed to simplify the aircraft rental process for pilots and aircraft owners.
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Organ transplantation
Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or missing organ.
See General aviation and Organ transplantation
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182 was a scheduled flight of Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) from Sacramento to San Diego with a stopover at Los Angeles.
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Parachuting
Parachuting and skydiving is a method of transiting from a high point in an atmosphere to the ground or ocean surface with the aid of gravity, involving the control of speed during the descent using a parachute or parachutes.
See General aviation and Parachuting
Paragliding
Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.
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Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 was a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 that collided with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States.
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Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom
Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom is regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
See General aviation and Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom
Private aviation
Private aviation is the part of civil aviation that does not include flying for hire, which is termed commercial aviation.
See General aviation and Private aviation
Private pilot licence
A private pilot licence (PPL) or private pilot certificate is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft privately (not for remuneration).
See General aviation and Private pilot licence
Private transport
Private transport (as opposed to public transport) is the personal or individual use of transportation which are not available for use by the general public, where in theory the user can decide freely on the time and route of transit ('choice rider' vs. 'captive rider'), using vehicles such as: private car, company car, bicycle, dicycle, self-balancing scooter, motorcycle, scooter, aircraft, boat, snowmobile, carriage, horse, etc., or recreational equipment such as roller skates, inline skates, sailboat, sailplane, skateboard etc.
See General aviation and Private transport
Professional services
Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special training in liberal arts and pure sciences education or professional development education.
See General aviation and Professional services
Search and rescue
Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.
See General aviation and Search and rescue
Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013
The Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013 is a bill related to airplane regulations in the United States of America that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.
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Tourism
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.
See General aviation and Tourism
Transportation safety in the United States
Transportation safety in the United States encompasses safety of transportation in the United States, including automobile crashes, airplane crashes, rail crashes, and other mass transit incidents, although the most fatalities are generated by road incidents annually killing 32,479 people in 2011 to over 42,000 people in 2022.
See General aviation and Transportation safety in the United States
TWA Flight 553
Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 553 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15 jet airliner, registration N1063T, operated by Trans World Airlines on March 9, 1967 between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Dayton, Ohio.
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Ultralight aviation
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft.
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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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Very light jet
A very light jet (VLJ), entry-level jet or personal jet, previously known as a microjet, is a category of small business jets that seat four to eight people.
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Visual flight rules
In aviation, visual flight rules (VFR) are a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going.
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References
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