ACG: Air Commando Group
ACM: Air Cooperation Mission or close air support of ground troops.
AD or Air Div: Air Division
A/D: Aerodrome or Airdrome, an Airfield
ADC: Air Defense Command
Adv: Advance
ADVON: Advanced Echelon ...
ARG/US (Aviation Research Group/U.S., Inc.)
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aviation Research Group/U.S., Inc is an industry leader in the aviation community that is dedicated to collecting, analyzing, and distributing aviation information.
Aircraft Evaluation Group (AEG)
The FAA Flight Standards Service representatives who know the operational and maintenance aspects of the certification project and are responsible for determining the operational acceptability and continuing ...
Group Captain. A commissioned rank in the RAF equivalent to that of Captain in the Royal Navy and Colonel in the British Army.
A Group Captain may be distinguished by the four rings on his sleeve or the four bars on the shoulders of his greatcoat.
Groups/contacts/formations in a square or offset square.
BRAA
Bearing, Range, Altitude, Aspect. Tactical control format providing target bearing, range, altitude, and aspect, relative to a friendly aircraft.
Group Rate
Room rate charged by a hotel for a group of 10 or more guests.
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A group of Norwegian Bell 412 helicopters take part in a military exercise.
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Transport ...
A group of high-fidelity instrument and visual flight simulators capable of providing basic, advanced, and tactical training in either manual or automated modes.
Tactical environment
a. Actual - an active theater or area of combat operations.
GPA
Groupe Parlementaire pour l`Aviation
GPADIRS
Global positioning, air data, inertial reference system.
TIME GROUP- Four digits representing the hour and minutes from the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) clock. FAA uses UTC for all operations. The term "ZULU" may be used to denote UTC.
Ask a group of airplane builders whether or not you should paint your own airplane and then stand back and listen. The opinions will equal the number of people present.
Another group of persons who very quickly progress is the skilled radio control modeller who has developed the sensitivity and know-how commensurate with flying an aeroplane.
ACCESSORY GROUP - Mechanical and electrical units mounted on an engine necessary for its operation, such as starter, magnetos, fuel pumps, etc.
In the next group of scenarios we'll take closeup views of the major sightseeing attractions in London itself.
STICK. That group of parachutists jumping at one or two second intervals from the same exit door of an aircraft on the same drop zone.
fleet - A group of aircraft under one control, such as an airline.
metroplex - A group of two or more adjacent aerodromes whose arrival and departure operations are highly interdependent.
microjet - see: very light jet ...
While Chanute's group was hard at work on the banks of Lake Michigan, America's other pre- Wright aviation researcher was also closing in on the prize of being the first to fly.
ALLIANCE: A group of airlines that allow frequent flyer program members to earn miles or points and enjoy special benefits when flying with any participating airline.
After this first group had been built, RAF orders finally followed and a more powerful version with a beavertail rear door was produced. This aircraft served all over the world, providing support for UK military forces in NATO and in Malaysia.
Aircraft Design Group (ADG): A grouping of airplanes based on wingspan.
AIRPLANE DESIGN GROUP (ADG) - One of two design standards related to airport geometry.
(2) As used with respect to the certification of aircraft, means a grouping of aircraft based upon intended use or operating limitations. Examples include: transport, normal, utility, acrobatic, limited, restricted, and provisional.
The Eighth, Ninth and Fifteenth Air Forces' P-51 groups, all but three of which flew another type before converting to the Mustang, claimed some 4,950 aircraft shot down (about half of all USAAF claims in the European theater) and 4, ...
The action takes place during one year in the lives of a group of working men in the town of Mugsborough, and the novel is a bitter but spirited attack on the greed, dishonesty, and gullibility of employers and workers alike, ...
The entire safety course group was given a tour of the factory, and a lot of people in my group mentioned what an amazing factory it is. For one, it's huge. You can see that in the picture above. It's also amazingly clean and well lit.
The airlines, through international aviation planning groups, participate in various working groups on aviation environmental protection.
both marketed by Diab Group of DeSoto, Texas. Diab also markets an end-grain balsa core called ProBalsa? in densities of 5.6, 9.7, and 13.8 lbs./cu.ft.
Linear PVC is not chemically cross-linked and does not break when bent.
Private pilots comprise the largest group of pilots and are among the most active flyers. In 2003, there were 241,045 private pilots.
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ARG/US (Aviation Research Group/U.S., Inc.) A leader in the field of corporate aviation safety and operational information, ARG/US conducts objective, non-intrusive, ...
When using an aircraft radio, all groups of letters, aircraft call signs, location indicators, etc. have to be spelt out using the internationally recognized phonetic alphabet.
AVIATION WORKING GROUP
A group of manufacturers and financiers that represents the aircraft finance industry, the Aviation Working Group was the driving force behind the Cape Town Convention. (See April 2003 issue for more details.) ...
As a result, the tenacious group of nosegear advocates established their own informal skunk works 50 miles west of Wichita in Cessna's small hangar at Kingman, Kan., more than coincidentally, Clyde Cessna's hometown.
On the right side of the bar, a group of three springs is exerting a force of 30 pounds. On the left side of the bar, there is a group of two springs (exerting a force of 20 pounds) and a single spring (exerting a force of 10 pounds).
Association of Retail Travel Agents - professional trade group of travel agents only
ASTA
American Society of Travel Agents - trade group consisting of travel agencies, travel agents, and allied members ( suppliers, etc. ) ...
Package - Common term for a group of combat aircraft
Paddle - Jargon for the action of turning off a TFR radar - mainly F-111 and Tornado related.
It is usually expressed as a three-figure group with reference to magnetic north.
Bearing & Track
Track is where the aircraft is going. Bearing is the direction to or from a feature or navigation aid.
EMPENNAGE - An aircraft's tail group, includes rudder and fin, and stabilizer and elevator. Old French: empenner, to feather an arrow, from Latin penna, feather.
Another group of Power Point presentations has been prepared concerning the exploration of space. Students and teachers are encouraged to copy the Power Point files to their own computers and to modify them as desired for their own presentations.
Charter - an aircraft which is used by a specific group be it customers of a particular holiday company or an individual party.
Countermeasures for CFIT prevention can be grouped in two main categories: aircraft equipment and training/education.
A porous, permeable aggregate of ice grains that can be predominantly single crystals or close groupings of several crystals.
Snow Grains ...
It attests to an airline’s competence as to safe operation and it determines who is responsible for an airline’s safety oversight. In the US it is issued by the FAA. In the UK it is the Safety Regulation Group of the CAA.
by the National Institute of Public Health as being "Any sound - independent of loudness - that may produce an undesired physiological or psychological effect in an individual and that may interfere with the social ends of an individual or group." ...
 See also: Aircraft, Flight, Aviation, Power, Pilot
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