Glossary A-F

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Definition 1: As defined by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

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an occurrence incidental to flight in which

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The operation of aircraft for the purposes of dispensing any substances required for agriculture

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health

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seeding

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firefighting or insect control purposes.

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Any use of an aircraft for aerial mapping and photography

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surveying

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rescue

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hunting

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A defined area on land or water (including any buildings

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installations and equipment) intended to be used

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either wholly or in part for the arrival

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departure and surface movement of aircraft.

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Freight

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mail and express traffic transported by air

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kinds

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including small-package counter services

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An entity that undertakes directly

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by lease or other arrangement

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specifically

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large certificated air carriers

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taxis

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supplemental air carriers and air-travel clubs.

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Used generically to refer to the organization

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personnel and facilities that provide separation assurance

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management

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infrastructure management

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An air traffic control facility

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usually called an en route “center.” Centers handle “en route” traffic

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flying on instrument flight plans

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as they move across the United States. There are 20 centers in the continental

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capacity of 18

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000 pounds or less. An air taxi company provides "seats on demand.” For example

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chartering an aircraft

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a customer purchases a seat on a private jet.

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A service provided under appropriate authority to promote the safe

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orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic.

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The dynamic

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integrated management of air traffic and airspace - safely

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A performance-based division of FAA

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created to operate the nation’s air traffic control system.

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Any surface such as an airplane wing

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aileron or rudder designed to obtain a useful reaction from the air moving

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An area of land or water that is used or intended to be used for the landing and takeoff of aircraft

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and includes

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its associated buildings and facilities

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if any.

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The Energy Policy Act of 1992 defines alternative fuels as methanol

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denatured ethanol and other alcohol;

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by rule to provide for requirements relating to cold start

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safety or vehicle functions) by volume of methanol

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denatured ethanol and other alcohols with gasoline or other fuels. Includes compressed natural gas

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liquid

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petroleum gas

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hydrogen

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Created by an act of Congress

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appropriations enable the Federal Government to fund its activities.

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RNAV is a system that allows navigation on any desired flight path

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rather than one defined by ground-based

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navigation aids

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such as the Global Positioning System (GPS)

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An instrument that enables a pilot to determine the attitude of the aircraft in relation to the horizon

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i.e. whether

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the aircraft is nose-up

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nose-down or banking left or right.

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A network of 58 facilities across the U.S. operated by the U.S. Department of Transportation

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Federal Aviation

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services to pilots

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and is responsible for collecting

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community; however

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military and commercial pilots are also frequent customers.

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the airplane’s GPS determines the aircraft’s location. ADS-B then broadcasts that position

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via a radio

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transmission

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approximately once-per-second to controllers on the ground and other aircraft. ADS-B would give

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One seat transported one mile; the most common measure of airline seating capacity or supply. For example

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an

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aircraft with 100 passenger seats

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flown a distance of 100 miles

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The load factor at which a flight

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or collection of flights

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Non-airline civil aircraft operations

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including fractional and corporate flying

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The maximum number of aircraft

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cargo

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demand. This includes assigning related NAS assets

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as well as coordinating longer term staffing plans for

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airspace assignments. It includes the allocation of airspace to airspace classifications based on demand

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as well

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Anything other than passengers

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carried for hire

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Transportation (DOT) to conduct scheduled services interstate and

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when authorized

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When an aircraft

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typically the entire aircraft

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A device that records the sounds audible in the cockpit

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as well as all radio transmissions made and received by

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the aircraft

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and all intercom and public address announcements made in the aircraft. It generally is either a

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A marketing practice in which two or more airlines agree to share

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for marketing purposes

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A type of aircraft whose main deck is divided into two sections

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one of which is fitted with seats and one which

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A sector of the U.S. economy comprising scheduled and nonscheduled passenger and cargo airlines

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aviation

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manufacturers

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airport and aircraft service providers (including government services) and air cargo service

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As defined by Federal law

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an airport receiving scheduled passenger service and having 2

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on at least one route between two or more points

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according to its published flight schedules that specify the

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times

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day of the week and places between which these flights are performed. The aircraft that a commuter

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operates has 60 or fewer passenger seats and a payload capability of 18

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000 pounds or less.

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A fan-like disk

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or several disks

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producing thrust

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which propels the aircraft.

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destination

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wherein the previous flight segment had a different flight number.

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market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI serves as an economic indicator

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a deflator of other

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CDA

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an aircraft is positioned at its most efficient cruise altitude until it is relatively close to its destination

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airport. At that point

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the aircraft reduces engine thrust to idle and begins a gentle descent to the runway.

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Benefits include significant reduction in noise

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fuel burn and emissions

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metering

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time to be at a runway

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The difference between crude oil and refined petroleum product prices

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when expressed in similar units

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known as the crack spread. For example

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if crude oil costs $60 per barrel and jet fuel costs $75 per barrel

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prices is West Texas Intermediate (WTI)

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measured in Cushing

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The term commonly used to refer to the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978

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which ended federal regulation of

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among other things

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that the aircraft crew has all of the proper information necessary for their flight.

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With regard to a specific industry or sector

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the sum of first-level (i.e.

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impacts. In the case of commercial aviation

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primary impacts on the U.S. economy are related to: airlines and

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supporting services; aircraft

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engines and parts manufacturing; and air visitor travel and other trip-related

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A control surface

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usually on the trailing edge of the horizontal stabilizer

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A collective term that refers to all of the various tail surfaces of an aircraft

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i.e.

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Sometimes refered to as a "center

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" or an Air Route Traffic Control Center

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Signifies the date when an international agreement or amendment entered into force definitively

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following

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With respect to an aircraft or its parts

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refers to physical deterioration of an item's strength or resistance to

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system. The account funds planned facility improvements

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equipment procurement and the necessary technical

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For purposes of statistical reporting on transportation safety

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a fatality is considered a death due to injuries in a

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transportation crash

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accident or incident that occurs within 30 days of that occurrence.

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Airworthiness directives authored by the Federal Aviation Administration. see: Part 121

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Part 135

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generally non-commercial. Corporate aviation operations

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for instance

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The federal agency with jurisdiction over

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among other things

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wing at slower speeds. Flaps also create drag

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which has the effect of slowing an aircraft during its landing

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The entire passage consisting of one or more flight legs

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from leaving the airport of origin to arrival at the

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of various aircraft systems

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as well as the aircraft’s speed

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cockpit voice recorder (CVR)

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a flight data recorder is designed to withstand the forces of a crash so that its

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sophisticated FDR is known as a digital flight data recorder

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or DFDR).

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Also called the cockpit

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it is the section of an aircraft where pilots sit and control the aircraft.

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navigation

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flight planning

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(Flight Management Computer)

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AFS (Auto Flight System)

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Reference System) and GPS

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and EFIS (Electronic Flight Instrument System).

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A planning document that covers the expected operational details of a flight such as destination

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route

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board

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etc. It is filed with the appropriate FAA air traffic control facility. There are both VFR and IFR flight

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including: en route communications

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broadcast aviation weather and NAS information

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Typically refers to block time

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i.e. chocks-away to chocks-under

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European regulations (J.A.R. 1.1) define flight time as airborne time. When the term "flight time" is used

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or

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values of flight time are quoted

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the definition which applies shall be stated.

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Any naturally occurring organic fuel formed in the Earth’s crust

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such as petroleum

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be redeemed for free flights or upgrades in cabin service or

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in some instances

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The main body of an aircraft

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cylindrical in shape. It contains the cockpit