Air carrier - 14 CFR 1.1
Air carrier means a person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
Direct air carriers either lease or own their aircraft to provide these services and often form partnerships or alliances with other air carriers for mutual benefit.
Carrier: A company that deals in the transporting of passengers or goods.
Carrier - the organisation responsible for transporting passengers or goods - in terms of flights, this will be the airline.
Carry-on - hand-baggage or luggage that has not been checked-in. See restrictions under Baggage allowance.
Air Carrier - All Cargo: A certificated route air carrier authorized to perform scheduled air freight, express, and mail transportation service as well as the conduct of nonscheduled operations (which may include passengers over specified routes).
AIR CARRIER, CERTIFICATED ROUTE - An airline company that: (1) performs at least five round trips per week between two or more points and publishes flight schedules that specify the times, days of the week, ...
Air Carrier: A person who undertakes directly by lease, or other arrangement, to engage in air transportation.
New Carriers
Deregulation did more than prompt a reshuffling of service by existing carriers. It opened the airline business to newcomers just as Congress intended. In 1978, a total of 43 carriers were certified for scheduled service.
Flag carrier
A country's national airline. Countries with only a government-owned airline often identify the airline as the national or flag carrier.
Freighter ...
Cargo Carriers
Within the categories of major, national and regional airlines are, not only passenger carriers, but cargo carriers as well.
Troop Carrier: A transport aeroplane expressly designed or converted for carrying airborne troops.
COMMON CARRIER: Any company engaged in the transport of people or goods for profit.
COMPANION TICKET: A free or discounted ticket for another person flying with a traveler who has purchased a ticket.
Carrier initials (Speedy Flight) and a six-character bag number are followed by a three-character abbreviation for the final destination (FWA = Fort Wayne, Indiana).
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Air carriers using helicopters for scheduled interstate flights
FAR Part 129
Foreign Air Carrier and Foreign Operator ...
AIR CARRIER DISTRICT OFFICE- An FAA field office serving an assigned geographical area, ...
Commuter Carrier
Regional airline operating from small locales to larger cities, often under an affiliate relationship with a major carrier.
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Validating carrier
Virtual Airline (economics)
Z
Zonal Employee Discount ...
Home airfield or carrier.
HOOK (Left/Right)
Directive to perform an in-place 180 degree turn.
FAR Part 127 - Air Carriers using helicopters for scheduled interstate flights (within the 48 contiguous states)
FAR Part 129 - Foreign Air Carrier and Foreign Operators of US registered aircraft engaged in common carriage ...
An air carrier operator operating under 14 CFR 135 that carries passengers on at least five round trips per week on at least one route between two or more points according to its published flight schedules that specify the times, day of the week, ...
76, IJAAF Command Liaison (Stellas were the only IJAAF aircraft-carrier based aircraft)
Stick: Steering Control stick of an airplane; "Joystick"
Stinger: Slang for "tail gun position".
Stooging: Delaying, flying slowly.
In June 1940 VF-3 Fighter Squadron aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga became the first squadron to receive the Navy's first carrier-borne monoplane fighters. In the event, however, the U.S.
TBF Avenger in mid-1942Grumman's first torpedo bomber was the heaviest single-engine plane of WWII, and it was the first to feature a new wing-folding mechanism (designed by Grumman) intended to maximize storage space on an aircraft carrier; ...
FAR Part 119 - Certification: Air Carriers and Commercial Operators
FAR Part 121 - Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Air Carriers and Commercial Operators of Large Aircraft
FAR Part 123 - Travel Clubs ...
Under a code sharing agreement, the airline that actually operates the flight (the one providing the plane, the crew and the ground handling services) is called the operating carrier.
In 1989, Mesa was one of the first regional carriers to understand the importance of grooming future pilots in a collegiate environment.
GENERAL AVIATION Portion of civil aviation which encompasses all facets of aviation except air carriers holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Civil Aeronautics Board and large aircraft commercial operators.
Regional Jet (RJ) - A jet aircraft typically, but not exclusively, operated by a commuter air carrier ranging in size from approximately 35 to 80 seats.
MARKER BEACONS On most installations marker beacons operating at a carrier frequency of 75 MHz are provided.
It is a L/MF radio station which transmits a carrier wave with identifier that can be received by an ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) receiver and an indicator in the aircraft to show the direction the station is located.
The number of seats a carrier has, multiplied by the number of miles they fly.
ASSET VALUE GUARANTEES
A type of insurance where insurers, Usually provided by manufacturers although some insurance companies are active in this market.
Airborne operation from USAF troop carrier aircraft conducted by units equivalent to battalion or larger, separate company/battery, or organic staff of brigade size or larger; ...
All flights are operated by FAA Certified Part 135 air carriers ('Operators'). Carriers providing service for Private Jets VIP clients must meet both FAA requirements and additional Private Jets VIP standards ...
MHz - Megahertz, the frequency of radio carrier waves measured in millions of cycles per second.
minimums - weather condition requirements for a particular mode of flight (e.g. for VFR operation, IFR take-offs and landings).
Phalanx, Goalkeeper, Metal Storm - usually ship based, but has future applications on larger aircraft
COIN - Counter Insurgency
CSAR - Combat Search and Rescue
CV - Attack aircraft carrier - Conventionally powered ...
PART 91, 121, 125, 135 The parts of Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) covering non-commercial operations (Part 91), major scheduled air carriers (Part 121), commuters (Part 125), non-scheduled carriers and air taxis (Part 135).
ACLS - (I) Air cushion landing system, or (II) automatic carrier landing system.
ADF - Automatic Direction Finding; utilizing an automated radio direction finding (RDF) technique.
assume the aircraft can leap back into the air in the same distance required to return to ground-it does use essentially the same tough gear and brakes installed in the turboprop Navy T-34C, a trainer used to prep naval aviators for carrier ...
DEAD RECKONING - You reckon correctly, if you're a Navy carrier pilot, or you are.
DESTINATION - Geographical location 30 minutes beyond the pilot's bladder saturation point.
A strong hook attached to some land-based and all carrier-based aeroplanes to engage an arrester wire and thus shorten the landing run.
ASI
Airspeed Indicator ...
It also includes total number of operations separated by Air Carrier (scheduled major airlines), Air Taxi (small commercial airplane used for short flights between localities not served by scheduled airlines), General Aviation, Military, ...
terminal - A building or buildings designed to accommodate the enplaning and deplaning activities of air carrier passengers.
terrain - A tract of ground regarding its topographical features or fitness for some use.
How to land a jet plane on an aircraft carrier
word order
No Tail Rotor ...
Reliever airport - An airport which, when certain criteria are met, relieves the aeronautical demand on a busier air carrier airport.
government agency, has limited resources and must prioritize its responsibilities. The agency's highest priority is the surveillance of certificated air carriers, ...
source rather a energy carrier because it takes huge amount of energy to
extract it from water.
The plane which flown 3,300 feet for 20 minutes was a two-seat Dimona
motor-glider with electric motor and conventional propeller. At one point ...
CW - Continuous wave. A radio carrier broadcast that does not have modulation.
Cycles - Pertaining to turbine engines. Cycle begins with starting, continues through full-power, and ends with shutdown.
Do not attempt handling assembled wings, using the posts as carriers; or by attachments to the trailing or leading edges.
 See also: Aircraft, Aviation, Flight, Service, Airport
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