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
Aviation accidents and incidents– Above Mean Sea Level
– ADF
– Accessory drive
– Advance airfield
– Advanced air mobility
– Advanced technology engine
– Adverse yaw
– Aerial ramming
– Aerial reconnaissance
– Aerobatics
– Aerodrome
– Aerodrome mapping database
– Aerodynamics
– Aerofoil
– Aerodrome beacon
– Aeronautical Information Manual
– Aeronautical chart
– Aeronautical Message Handling System
– Aeronautical phraseology
– Aeronautics
– Aeronaval
– Aerospace
– Aerospace engineering
– Afterburner
– Agile Combat Employment
– Aileron
– Air charter
– Air defense identification zone
– Air freight terminal
– Air traffic flow management
– Air-augmented rocket
– Airband
– Airbase
– Airborne collision avoidance system
– Airborne lifeboat
– Air combat maneuvering
– Aircraft canopy
– Aircraft maintenance engineer
– Aircraft maintenance technician
– Aircraft registration
– Aircraft
– Aircraft catapult
– Aircraft engine controls
– Aircraft fairing
– Aircraft lavatory
– Aircraft marshalling
– Aircraft noise
– Aircraft ordnance
– Aircraft periscope
– Air data boom
– Airfoil
– Airline transport pilot license
– Airline
– Airliner
– Airmiss
– Air navigation
– Air observation post
– Airport/Facility Directory
– Airpark
– Airport
- Airports Commission
– Aviation safety
– Air route
– Airship
– Airshow
– Airspace classes
– Airspeed
– Airspeed indicator
– Air-start system
– Air traffic control
– Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981
– Air-to-ground communication
– Air turborocket
– All-Weather Airfield
– Altimeter
– Altiport
– Altitude
– Angel Flight
– Angle of attack
– Angle of incidence
– Anhedral
– Anti-collision light
– Anti-torque pedals
– Arresting gear
– Aspect ratio (wing)
– Assisted take-off
– Asymmetrical aircraft
– Astrodome
– Attitude indicator
– Autoflare
– Autoland
– Automatic Carrier Landing System
– Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast
– Automatic terminal information service
– Autorotation (helicopter)
– Autorotation (fixed-wing aircraft)
– Autopilot
– Autothrottle
– Aviation
– Aviation archaeology
– Aviation communication
– Aviation history
– Aviation light signals
– Aviation medical examiner
– Aviation parts tag
– Aviation safety
– Aviation system
– Aviator
– Aviator call sign
– Avionics
– Auxiliary power unit
B
Balloon (aircraft)– Ballute
– Basic fighter maneuvers
– Bird strike
– Blast pad
– Blimp
– Blown flap
– Blow-in door
– Blue ice
– Bolter
– Boundary layer
– Brevity code
– Brodie landing system
– Bubble canopy
– Bush plane
– Bypass ratio
C
Canard– Carrier-based aircraft
– Carrier onboard delivery
– Catapult hook
– Centre of gravity
– Chine
– Chord
– Chosen instrument
– Circuit (airfield)
– Circulation control wing
– Civil Air Patrol
– Civil Aviation Authority
– Clear-air turbulence
– Cloaking device
– Cockpit
– Cockpit culture
– Cockpit voice recorder
– Coefficient of lift
– Coefficient of moment
– Collective
– Commercial pilot license
– Common-use self-service
– Compass
– Compression lift
– Compressor stall
– Constant speed drive
– Contour flying
– Controlled airspace
– CVFR
– Convergent Exhaust Nozzle Control
– Convertiplane
– Cowling
– Crab landing
– Crash position indicator
– Cross control
– CTAF
– Cyclic
D
Deep stall– Delta wing
– Dihedral
– Dilbert Dunker
– Distance measuring equipment
– Distributed propulsion
– Downwash
– Drag
– Drag-reducing aerospike
– Drop tank
– Drogue parachute
– Drop zone
– Dual control
– Ducted fan
– Dutch roll
E
Elevator– Elevon
– Emergency locator beacon
– Emergency locator transmitter ELT
– Empennage
– Endless runway
– Enhanced flight vision system
– Escape pod
– ETOPS
– Exhaust mixer
– Exoskeletal engine
– Experimental aircraft
– External vision system
– Eurocontrol
– Empty weight
– Environmental and climate impacts of aviation
– Exint pod
F
Fail-safe– Federal Aviation Administration
– Ferri scoop
– Ferry flying
– Ferry range
– Fixed-base operator
– Flame damper
– Flame holder
– Flameout
– Flap
– Flap position indicator
– Flight
– Flight computer
– Flight control surfaces
– Flight data recorder
– Flight deck
– Flight envelope protection
– Flight helmet
– Flight information region
– Flight instruments
– Flight length
– Flight level
– Flight management system
– Flight plan
– Flight planning
– Flight simulator
– Flight test
– Flight training
– Flight time
– Floating airport
– Forward-looking infrared
– Fly-by-wire
– Flying
– Flying car
– Flying families
– Fly-in
– Flying Platform
– Flying wing
– Folding wing
– Form drag
– Formation light
- Flight information service
– Fuel control unit
– Fuel dumping
G
Geared turbofan– General aviation
– g-LOC
– G-suit
– Glass cockpit
– Glide path
– Glider aircraft
– Glider (sailplane)
– Glider pilot certificate
– Glider snatch pick-up
– Gliding
– Gluhareff Pressure Jet
– Go around
– GPS
– Gravel kit
– Great-circle distance
– Ground Air Emergency Code
– Ground carriage
– Ground effect
– Ground support equipment
– Gust lock
– Gyrodyne
– Gyro gunsight
H
Hard deck– Hard landing
– Hardstand
– Heading indicator
– Head-up display
– Hold (aviation)
– History of aviation
– Helicopter
– Helicopter flight controls
– Helocast
– High-lift device
– Horseshoe vortex
– Hush kit
– Hypermobility
– Hypersonic flight
I
ICAO spelling alphabet– Inertia coupling
– Inertial Navigation System
– Infrared
– Infrared search and track
– Infrared signature
– Instrument flight rules
– Instrument landing system
– Instrument rating
– Indicated airspeed
– Inlet cone
– Intake/Inlet blank
– Intake ramp
– International Air Transport Association
– International Civil Aviation Organization
– Integrated drive generator
– Integrated engine pressure ratio
– Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance
– International Fighter Pilots Academy
- Instrument meteorological conditions
– Ion-propelled aircraft
– Iron bird
J
Jet airliner– Jet blast deflector
– Jet engine
– Jetliner
– Jettison
– Jet wash
– Jetway
– Joint-use airport
– Joystick
K
Kneeboard– Krueger flap
L
Landing– Landing gear
– Landing gear extender
– Landing lights
– Landing mirror
– Landing signal officer
– Landing T
– Landing zone
– Laser induced cavitation
– Laser supported detonation wave
– Lateral control system
– Launch and recovery cycle
– Leading-edge extension
– Lift (force)
– Lift-induced drag
– Light-sport aircraft
– Low-altitude parachute-extraction system
– Lower Airspace Radar Service
M
Machmeter– Mach tuck
– Magnetic chip detector
– Maintenance
– Master jet base
– METAR
– Meteorology
– Maintenance, repair and overhaul
– Minimum interval takeoff
– Mobility
– Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower
– Mobile Electric Power Plant
– Moving map display
– Multi-function display
N
NACA duct– Nacelle
– Nanolight
– Nautical airmile
– Naval air station
– Naval outlying landing field
– Naval aviation
– Navalised aircraft
– Navigation
- Navigation light
– Night aviation regulations in the US
– No-fly zone
– Non-directional beacon
– Non-towered airport
– Nose bullet
– NOTAM
O
Obstacle departure procedure– Obstacle-free zone
– Oleo strut
– Operational Readiness Platform
– Oshkosh Airshow
– Overhead join
P
Parts departing aircraft– Performance and weather minima
– Performance envelope
– Personal air vehicle
– Phugoid
– Pilot controlled lighting
– Pilot direction indicator
– Pilot licenses
– Pilot licensing and certification
– Pilot reports
– Pilot’s Projected Display Indicator
– Plane guard
– Plasma cavitator leading edge
– Podded engines
– Powered lift
– Power push-over
– Precision approach path indicator
– Precooled jet engine
– Private pilot license
– Prone pilot
– Propeller
– Propelling nozzle
– Propfan
– Propulsion-controlled aircraft
– Pulsejet
– Pushback (aviation)
Q
Quick access recorder– QFE
– QNH
– Q code
– QTOL
R
Radar– Radar intercept officer
– Radio beacon
– Radar blip
– Radar cross-section
– Radar gunsight
– Radar lock-on
– Radar picket
– Radar warning receiver
– Ram air turbine
– Ramjet
– Reaction engine
– Reaction propulsion
– Ready room
– Rearward visibility panels
– Reciprocating engines
– Red square
– Reduced-gravity aircraft
– Reduced take-off and landing
– Relaxed stability
– Remove before flight tag
– RIAT
– Roadable aircraft
– Rocket turbine engine
– Rogallo wing
– Rotating detonation engine
– Rough-field capability
– Route structure
– Rudder
– Ruddervator
– Rule of three (aviation)
– Runway
– Runway safety area
– Run-up (aviation)
S
Satellite airfield– Scramjet
– Seaplane base
– Second line
– Sectional chart
– Self-sealing fuel tank
– Shock diamond
– Shcramjet
– Short-field landing
– Side-Looking Airborne Radar
– Signal square
– Simultaneous approach
– Skid
– Spatial disorientation
– Spar
– Spin (flight)
– Spoiler (aeronautics)
– Spy basket
– Slats
– Slip landing
– Soft deck
– specific fuel consumption
– Specific fuel consumption
– Sport pilot certificate
– Stabilator
– Stagger
– Stall
– Standard day
– Stealth aircraft
– Stick shaker
– STOLport
– Sto-wing
– Strike package
– Student pilot certificate
– Supercruise
– Supermaneuverability
– Supine cockpit
– Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
– Swing-wing
– Synthetic cockpit
– Synthetic vision system
T
T-tail– Tactical Camera System
– Tabletop runway
– Tactical beacon
– Tailess aircraft
– Tail-dragger
– Tailhook
– Tail-sitter
– Takeoff
– Takeoff/go-around switch
– Target blip
– Taxiing
– Taxiway
– Terrain-following radar
– Ten-code
– Terminal area chart
– Testbed aircraft
– Three-surface aircraft
– Thrust lever
– Thrust reversal
– Thrust vectoring
– Track while scan
– Traffic pattern indicator
– Trailing cone
– Transatlantic flight
– List of transponder codes
– Trim tab
– True airspeed
– Turbine engine
– Turn and bank indicator
– Twin-boom aircraft
– Twin-fuselage aircraft
– Twin tail
U
Uncontrolled airport– Uncontrolled airspace
– Underground hangar
– Urban Air Mobility
– Usable fuel
V
V speeds– V-tail
– Valveless pulsejet
– Variable cycle engine
– Venturi effect
– Versatile Digital Analyzer
– Vertical situation display
– Vertical speed indicator
– Vertical stabilizer
– VFR-on-top
– VFR over-the-top
– Very light jet
– Visual approach
– Visual approach slope indicator
– Visual flight rules
– VNE
– VOR VHF omni-range
– Visual meteorological conditions
– Vortex generator
W
War emergency power– Water landing
– Wave off
– Waverider
– Waypoint
– Wayport
– Wheel chock
– Whiz Wheel
– Wide-body aircraft
– Wind shear
– Wind tunnel
– Wing
– Wingman
– Wingtip vortices
– Wingbox
– Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle
– Winglet
– Wire strike protection system
– World aeronautical chart
Y
Yaw angle– Yaw string
– Yehudi lights
Z
Zero-fuel weight– Zero-length launch