aviation glossary

Materie:	Appunti
Categoria:	Traffico Aereo
Download:	22
Data:	29.01.2007
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Airfoil:
Reynolds Wrap for manufacturing aircraft wings.
Airspeed:
Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot.
Angle of Attack:
Pick-up lines that pilots use.
Arresting Gear:
A Policeman's equipment.
Bank:
The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.
Barrel Roll:
Sport enjoyed at squadron picnics, usually after the barrels are empty.
Carburetor Icing:
A phenomenon happening to Aero club pilots at exactly the same time they run out of gas.
Cone of Confusion:
An area about the size of New Jersey located near the final approach beacon at an airport.
Crab:
The squadron Operations Officer.
Dead Reckoning:
You reckon correctly, or you are.
Engine Failure:
A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks become filled with air.
Firewall:
Section of the aircraft specially designed to let heat and smoke enter the cockpit.
Glide Distance:
Half the distance from an airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.
Hydroplane:
An airplane designed to land on a wet runway, 20,000 feet long.
IFR:
A method of flying by needle and ripcord.
Lean Mixture:
Non-alcoholic beer.
Motor:
Word used by student pilots and Yankees when referring to the engine.
Nanosecond:
Time delay built into the stall warning system.
Parasitic Drag:
A pilot who bums a ride back and complains about the service.
Range:
Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.
Rich Mixture:
What you order at the other guy's promotion party.
Roger:
Used when you're not sure what else to say.
Roll:
The first design priority for a fully loaded KC-135A.
Service Ceiling:
Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks.
Spoilers:
The Federal Aviation Administration.
Stall:
Technique used to explain to the bank why your car payment is late.
Steep Bank:
Banks that charge pilots more than 10% interest.
Tactics:
What a clock sounds like when it needs fixing.
Tail Wind:
Results from eating beans, often causing Oxygen deficiency in the immediate vicinity.
Turn & Bank Indicator:
An instrument highly ignored by pilots.
Useful Load:
Volumetric capacity of the aircraft, disregarding weight of cargo.
Up:
A chant used by pilots taking off from Colorado Springs, who want to discover the meaning of life.
VOR:
Radio navigation aid, named after the VORtex effect of pilots trying to home in on it.
Windsocks:
Socks that need darning.
Yankee:
Any pilot that asks Houston tower to "Say again".
Zero:
Style and artistry points earned for a gear-up landing.

Aviation Glossary