Air Transportation Oversight System ATOS
The Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS) is the Federal Aviation Administration's primary tool for overseeing the nation's airlines.
Ground Transportation
Ground transportation refers to both public and private movement of people and freight via land vehicles.
air transport pilot licence
Applicants must
be at least 21 years of age
be able to speak, read and understand the English Language
hold or be eligible to hold a flight radiotelephone operator licence ...
Department of Transportation (United States)
EASA
European Aviation Safety Agency ...
Transport Airport: An airport designed, constructed, and maintained to serve airplanes in Aircraft Approach Category C and D.
Transport: A civil or military aeroplane used for freight or troop carrying.
Trim: The set or angle at which an aeroplane flies under given conditions.
Air Transportation: Interstate, overseas, or foreign air transportation or the transportation of mail by aircraft.
TSA (Transportation Security Administration) — Arm of the Department of Homeland Security tasked with protecting the nation's transportation systems, including airports and airspace.
Airline Transport Pilots
This is the doctorate degree of piloting — and 143,504 pilots were in this distinguished category in 2003.
Transport Canada does not provide a definition of "cross-country" flight in the Canadian Aviation Regulations[1], however, a general consensus among pilots is that, in order to log "cross-country time" in a Pilot's Logbook, ...
A transport service to/from an airport to hotel, etc, normally prepaid as part of a package tour, but available separately as well
Air/Sea ...
A Transport Canada approved facility at an airport for the purpose of conducting deicing and anti-icing operations.
Charts ...
Any air transport enterprise only offering air transport services to the public that are not performed according to a regular timetable.
Non-scheduled services ...
The Air Transport Association (ATA)
The Air Transport Association was founded on Jan. 3, 1936.
ATPL Air Transport Pilot's Licence
C of A Certificate of Airworthiness (refers to the aircraft not the pilot!)
CAA Civil Aviation Authority ...
ATA (Air Transportation Association) - Founded in 1936, it was the first, and today remains, the only trade organization for the principal U.S. airlines.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigates transportation accidents. It also publishes transportation safety statistics.
Company that transports passengers or freight.
Capacity Controlled ...
ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) The most advanced of all pilot certificates, requiring the highest skill and experience levels. Required: a minimum of 1,500 hours flight experience, ATP written exam and flight test.
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) The independent federal agency charged with investigating and finding "probable cause" of transportation accidents.
ATP: Airline Transport Pilot - Those guy (and gals) in the front of 747s.
Base:The part of a landing when the airplane is at right angles to the runway. It will turn once and then be lined up for landing.
Commercial Space Transportation
Medical Certification
Vintage & Experimental Aircraft Program
Regulations & Policies ...
Linehan Aviation transports corporate executives in the nine-seat Caravan's huge cabin, which is 62 inches wide, more than 48 inches tall and nearly 17 feet long. Pilots fly behind a Garmin G1000 glass suite.
JOINT AIRBORNE/AIR TRANSPORTABILITY TRAINING (JA/ATT). Joint training between the Army and Air Force encompassing airdrop, airland assault, and static aircraft load training. See AR 350-27.
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board. U.S. equivalent of UK's AAIB.
nvg - night vision goggles.
NVQ - National Vocational Qualification. A Government-recognised qualification, the cost of training for which can be set against tax.
ATC: Air Transport Command
ATF: Air Task Force
Atlanta: Production name for first Lockheed P-38's - AAF later adopted the British RAF term "Lightning"
ATS: Air Transport Squadron
Attitude: Aspect of aircraft's angle.
Pilots, Ratings, and other basic stuff ATP Airline Transport Pilot (the "highest" grade of pilot certificate) AME Aviation Medical Examiner (U.S.) FAR Federal Aviation Regulations (U.S.) CFI Certificated Flight Instructor (see suffixes, below) COM ...
AAIB: Air Accident Investigation Branch of the Department of Transportation of the United Kingdom. Its role is to investigate air accidents.
149, applies to transport-category aircraft (e.g. airliners). 13The notion of “critical engine” is discussed in section 17.1.12. 14If the airplane weights more than 6000 pounds, FAR 23.
ARINC 700-series - All-digital equipment specifications for new-generation transport category aircraft.
ARINC 743 - All-digital specificaitons for FANS-1 compatibilty.
ASA - Autoland status annunciator.
The regulation implements Sections 9110 and 9111 of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (see also), which requires the Department of Transportation to issue regulations under which a public agency may be authorized to impose a PFC of $1, $2, ...
The rigid airship is said to be the fastest large vehicle of transportation that engineering ability of man has yet evolved. The Navy Airship Los Angeles, shown near the mooring mast at Lakehurst, N. J. to which it may be anchored is depicted at Fig.
By the late 1880s, many successful dirigible flights had taken place and serious thought was being given to using the airship as a means of transportation, particularly in Germany.
The designer has to choose materials which are available, can be transported to the manufacturing facility (even the homebuilder's basement or garage), can be cut to required sizes with the minimum tools, ...
military and its allies with reliable transportation to remote locations all over the world.Seaplane airbase at Natal (Rio Grande do Norte), Brazil.In the post war period the military uses of seaplanes were much reduced.
They transport world leaders and the critically wounded; they fight forest fires and rescue people trapped in burning buildings; they can deliver huge payloads to areas that no other vehicle can reach.
International Society of Transport Aircraft Traders
An industry body for people involved in the trading of commercial aircraft. ISTAT also certifies aircraft appraisers.
After a while flying the twin-engine Aerostars, I got my airline transport pilot (ATP) and first type rating when the company purchased a cargo Saab-340 in February 2005.
After the war Zeppelins were used for luxury passenger transport. The Graf Zeppelin, which flew round the world in twenty days, included separate passenger cabins, lounges and dining-rooms.
Renowned as an airliner, general transport and perhaps most significantly for the vital part it played in the Normandy landings and the Berlin airlift. Still in service as a passenger aircraft, general transport and in maritime pollution control.
JA/AT- Joint Airborne Air-Transportability Training. Bilateral training with the army; typically and airdrop mission with paratroopers.
The prototype model 367-80 or "Dash 80" led to a revolution in air transportation. Although it never entered commercial service itself, the Dash 80 gave birth to the 707 series of jetliners.
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.
RO: Tarom-Romanian Air Transport
ROFLMAO: FlyerTalk lingo meaning "Rolling On The Floor Laughing My A$$ Off"
ROH: Run of the House (ROH). Room type to be determined upon your arrival.
In this picture, I was able to pick out C141 transport aircraft (in the middle), B52 Stratofortress Bombers (upper area), what I believe may be KC-135 Tankers (lower left), and F111 Aardvark Fighter/Bombers (lower right).
Flight Box A special box used to hold and transport all equipment used at the flying field.
Flight Pack or Airborne Pack All of the radio equipment installed in the airplane, i.e., Receiver, Servos, Battery, Switch harness.
So if, as is believed, the site was created by the inhabitants of Salisbury Plain, how did they manage to quarry and transport such stones, and erect this mighty monument, in those ancient times?
AIRPORT - More modern term for aerodrome, and applying more particularly to one used for civil transport operations.
AIRSCREW - Now little-used word for propeller; believed to have originated to provide distinction from ship's propeller.
GENERAL AVIATION [ICAO]- All civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and nonscheduled air transport operations for remuneration or hire.
GEO MAP- The digitized map markings associated with the ASR-9 Radar System.
GLIDEPATH- ...
SIGMETs are of operational importance to even large transport aircraft, and generally highlight conditions like observed thunderstorm systems (including tornadoes) and areas of reported or forecast severe icing.
and is broadly organized into divisions based on work function (Air Transportation, Aircraft Maintenance, Technical Programs, a Regulatory Support Division based in Oklahoma City, OK, and a General Aviation and Commercial Division).
Collaborative Decision Making. Cooperative effort between the various components of aviation transportation, both government and industry, to exchange information for better decision making.
CDR ...
Carrier: A company that deals in the transporting of passengers or goods.
Small planes are increasingly becoming the mode of transportation of choice for many North Americans.
Confirmed -- the quote has been approved by the client, an aircraft has been assigned and a crew is notified. The dispatcher will be working with the cclients to arrange the trip logistics: ETD's, FBO's, which airports, ground transportation, ...
As Hovercraft can fly where no other transportation means can go - you know you are the only one out there.
Just imagine if your alternator fails and and on your return trip voltage will drop.
I say we swallow our pride (pride? We dumped the VC-10 for a pissy little regional jet to carry our Head of State, for heaven's sake) and give Boeing some patronage, rather than just chartering triple-sevens from BA for transport of our executive.
Legs - Jargon term meaning the range or duration of an aircraft
LGB - Laser Guided Bomb
LO - Low Observable, i.e. Stealth
LZ - Landing Zone - mainly used for helos and tactical transport aircraft ...
IATA aims to help airlines to simplify processes, improve safety standards and minimize the impact of air transport on the environment. It also serves as an intermediary between airlines and passengers as well as cargo agents.
 See also: Flight, Aircraft, Aviation, Power, Airport
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