Aviation Terminology #2 | Aviation Crew

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Jet: An aircraft with engines capable of flying at or above the speed of sound.
Joystick: Also known as the control column, the joystick is the main device in the cockpit for controlling the aircraft. The joystick is usually floor- or roof-mounted.

Landing: Accomplished by slowing down and descending to the runway.
Landing Gear: The undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and may be used for either takeoff or landing.
Lateral Seperation: The lateral spacing of aircraft at the same altitude by requiring operation on different routes or in different geographical locations.
Longitudinal Seperation: Is the separation of aircraft following the same course at the same altitude.
Log Book: A record of the flights that a pilot makes.
Long-range Climb: Is the best method to save fuel during the climb.
Long-range Cruise: Is a method that preserve fuel during cruise.
Loss of seperation: An event in which two aircraft come too close to one another.
Long-range descent: A descent in which the aircraft descends gradually.
Landing Configuration: Is the arrengement of an aircraft’s equipment in which the flaps are fully extended, landing gear is down, and the spoiler is retracted.
Landing Pattern: Is a rectangular flight path which provides a way for aircraft to transition into an airport’s space and to land smoothly.

Magnetic Compass: A compass is a simple magnetic bar suspended in fluid.
MULTICOM: A communication frequency used by pilots to communicate their flight intentions when no air traffic control facility or base operator is available.
Mph: Miles Per Hour.
Maneuver: Controlled moves of aircrafts to change directions.
Maintenance: Is a process for avoiding future technical problems of the aircraft.
Mechanical Control System: A system in which force is applied directly from the cockpit to controls.
Mechanical Circuit: A system which uses a series of basic manual controls.
Maximum Takeoff Mass: The maximum weight at which the pilot is allowed to attempt to take off.

Nose: The front part of an aircraft.
Negative: A proword meaning "No".
Nautical Mile: A unit of measurement used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
Narrow-body airliner: A passenger aircraft with one passenger aisle and a cabin width of 3 to 4 meters.
Notification to Airman (NOTAM): A notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the safety of the flight.
Notification to Captain (NOTOC): A form used to notify the aircraft pilot of loaded cargos and dangerous goods.
Nosewheel: A wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear landing gear.
Net Takeoff Flight Path: The vertical profile of an aircraft beyond the take-off point, giving the minimum height that will be attained by an aircraft flown in accordance with the Aircraft Flight Manual (AFM) following failure of the most critical power unit.
Normal High-speed Climb: Is a method to cover more distance during the climb.

Overhead Panel: Includes the cabin`s climate controls.
Override: Is the name of the process which stops an automatic function.
Optimum Altitude: The best aircraft cruise altitude for a given weight and corresponding air temperature.
Overspeed Clacker Warnings: Is a warning system which shows that how you’re flying too fast.

Pan: A proword indicating urgency.
Pitch: Rotation around the side-to-side axis
Payload: The commercial load: thus the passengers, baggage, cargo from which revenue is generated.
Precipitation: Any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravitational pull from clouds.
Preflight: A Word which describes before the aircraft takes off.
Pushback: An airport procedure during which an aircraft is pushed backwards away from an airport gate by external power
Primary Instrument: An instrument that measures an unchanging factor.

Quadraplane: A type of aircraft that has four or more wings of similar spans, also known as quadruplanes.

Rudder: A primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other conveyance that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water).
Radio Magnetic Indicator: An electronic navigation instrument that combines a magnetic compass card with two bearing pointers (typically).
Roll: A horizontal flip, refers to the horizontal movement of an aircraft.
Restricted: Limited to or admitting only members of a particular group or class.
Runway Contamination: The presence of dirt, grease, rubber, or other materials on runway surfaces that adversely affect normal aircraft operation or that chemically attack the pavement surface.
Rolling Takeoff: Is the smoothest way to get off the ground or the best way to takeoff.
Retraction: The act of taking back an offer or statement, or admitting that a statement was false.
Rate of Climb: Is an aircraft's vertical speed.
Redundancy: Is the presence of more than one independent means for accomplishing a given function.
Range Constant: It is the constant distance calculated by copilot in order to measure fuel efficiency
Rate of Descent: The speed at which an aircraft descends.
Rapid Depressurizations: Is when (in aircraft so equipped) a pressurized cabin reaches equilibrium with the atmosphere surrounding it.