Index of aviation articles

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Articles related to aviation include:

A

Accidents and incidents in aviation – ADF – Adverse yaw – Aerobatics – Aerodrome – Aerodrome mapping database (AMDB) – Aerodynamics – Aerofoil – Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) – Aeronautical chart – Aeronautics – Aerospace – Aerospace engineering – Aileron – Air Charter – Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) – Air Freight Terminal – Air traffic flow management – Airband – Aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) – Aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) – Aircraft registration – Aircraft – Aircraft engine controls – Aircraft lavatory – Aircraft noise – Airfoil – Airline Transport Pilot License – Airline – Airliner – Air navigation – Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) – Airport - Airports Commission – Air safety – Airship – Airshow – Airspace classes – Airspeed – Airspeed indicator – Air traffic control – Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981 – Altimeter – Altitude – Angel Flight – Angle of attack – Angle of incidence – Anhedral – Anti-torque pedals (Helicopter rudder pedals) – Artificial horizon – Aspect ratio (wing) – Assisted take-off – Attitude indicator – Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast – Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) – Autorotation (helicopter) – Autorotation (fixed-wing aircraft) – Autopilot – Aviation – Aviation archaeology – Aviation history – Aviation medical examiner (AME) – Aviation safety – Aviation system – Aviator – Avionics

B

Balloon (aircraft) – Bird strike – Blast pad – Blimp – Bypass ratio

C

Canard – Center of gravity (aircraft) – Chord (aircraft) – Circuit (airfield) – Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary) – Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – Cockpit – Cockpit voice recorder – Coefficient of lift – Collective – Commercial pilot license – Common-use self-service (CUSS) – Compass – Compressor stall – Controlled airspace – CVFR – Crab landing – CTAF – Cyclic

D

Deep stall – Delta wing – Dihedral – Distance measuring equipment (DME) – Drag – Ducted fan – dumb-bell – Dutch roll

E

Elevator – Elevon – Emergency locator transmitter ELT – Empennage (tail section) – ETOPS – Experimental aircraft – Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation) – Empty weight – Environmental and climate impacts of aviation

F

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA – US authority) – Fixed-base operator – Flame holder – Flap – Flight – Flight control surfaces – Flight data recorder – Flight envelope protection – Flight instruments – Flight level – Flight management system – Flight plan – Flight planning – Flight simulator – Flight training – Fly-by-wire – Flying – Flying car (aircraft) – Flying families – Flying wing – Form drag

G

General aviation – Glass cockpit – Glider aircraft – Glider (sailplane) – Glider pilot certificate – Gliding – Go around – GPS – Great-circle distance – Ground effect

H

Heading indicator – Hold (aviation) – History of aviation – Helicopter – Helicopter flight controls – Hypermobility

I

ICAO spelling alphabet – Instrument flight rules (IFR) – Instrument landing system (ILS) – Instrument rating – Indicated airspeed – International Air Transport Association (IATA) – International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – Integrated engine pressure ratio (IEPR)

J

Jet Airliner – Jet engine – Jetliner – Jetway – Joystick

L

Landing – Landing T – Leading-edge extension – Lift (force) – Lift-induced drag – Light-sport aircraft

M

Maintenance – METAR – Meteorology – Maintenance, repair and overhaul

N

Nautical airmile – Navigation – Non-directional beacon (NDB) – Non-towered airport – Night aviation regulations in the US

O

Oshkosh Airshow – Overhead join

P

Performance envelope – Pilot controlled lighting – Pilot licenses – Pilot licensing and certification – Pilot reports (PIREPS) – Precision approach path indicator – Private pilot license – Propeller – Pushback

Q

QFE – QNH – Q code

R

Radar – Reciprocating engines – Red square – Relaxed stability – RIAT – Roadable aircraft – Rogallo wing – Rudder – Ruddervator – Rule of three (aviation) – Runway – Run-up (aviation)

S

Sectional chart – Signal square – Spatial disorientation – Spar – Spin (flight) – Spoiler (aeronautics) – Slats – Slip landing – specific fuel consumption (propeller engines) – Specific fuel consumption (thrust) (jet engines) – Sport pilot certificate – Stall (flight) – Standard day – Stick shaker – Student pilot certificate – Swedish Civil Aviation Administration – Swing-wing

T

T-tail – Takeoff – Taxiing – Taxiway – Terminal area chart – Thrust vectoring – Traffic pattern indicator – Transatlantic flight – True airspeed – Turbine engine – Turn and bank indicator

U

Uncontrolled airport (see Non-towered airport) – Uncontrolled airspace

V

V speeds – V-tail – Vertical speed indicator – Vertical stabilizer (fin) – Visual flight rules (VFR) – V_NE – VOR VHF omni-range (type of navigational beacon)

W

Waverider – Wide-body aircraft – Wind shear – Wing – Winglet – World aeronautical chart