An extract from the Table of Contents for the letter “A.”
Flying Know It All
~ A ~
ACARS (Aircraft Communications, Addressing, and Reporting System) 34
ACAS (Airborne Collision Avoidance System) 35
Accelerate–Stop Distance on Runway_ 35
ACE (Agile Combat Employment) Dispersed “Austere” Airbases 36
Accident Models/Accidentology_ 37
Aces Learnt from Mistakes, Value of Confidential Reporting_ 37
“Adam” PA Code for an Abducted or Missing Child, “Bravo” 39
Adaptive Cycle Engine (ACE)/Variable Cycle Engine (VCE) 40
ADIRU (Air Data Inertial Reference Unit) 40
ADF (Automatic Direction Finder) 42
Administration or Agency? [US Usage] 42
ADS (Automatic Dependent Surveillance) 43
ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–BROADCAST) 43
ADS-C (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–CONTRACT) 45
AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) Radar 47
AF447 The Human Factors in A “Needless” Disaster 48
Age of Aircraft Measured in Cycles (Takeoffs/Landings) 62
“Ahead of the Aircraft” and “Behind the Aircraft” 65
AIDS (Aircraft Integrated Data System) 66
Air China (CA) Mainland China’s Flag Carrier 66
Air Crashes Where Survivors Died Waiting for Help_ 68
~ Doomsday Plane (Boeing E4B) 71
Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) 76
Air Transport Association (ATA) [US] Now A4A_ 76
Airbus A220 (A220) 2016/250+_ 85
Airbus A300 (A300) 1974/561 85
Airbus A320 (A320) Family 1988/9,000+_ 86
Airbus A330 1994/1700and Airbus A340 1993/375 89
Airbus A350 (A350) 900 2015/500+, 90
Airbus A350 (A350) 1000 2018/80+_ 92
Aircraft Dispatcher [US], Flight Operations Officer [Europe, Africa] 95
Aircraft Registration Codes 96
Air-Launched Ballistic Missile (ALBM) 96
Airfoil [US], Aerofoil [UK] 96
Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) 97
Airline Deregulation Act [US] 97
Airliner Nomenclature [Airbus A3xx] [Boeing 7×7] 98
Airlines for America (A4A), Formerly ATA_ 98
Airport Codes: Three-Letter IATA, Four-Letter ICAO Codes 99
Airspace Classification, A, B, C, D, E, F, G_ 99
Airstair, Parachuting via Airstair from Boeing 727 102
Aisle or Window Seat? The Psychology_ 103
Airworthiness Directive (AD) 103
ALARP (As Low as Reasonably Practicable) [Risk in Military Context] 104
Allergies, Great Downside Risk for Airlines, EpiPen_ 106
Alliance (Aviation Alliance) 108
Alpha (α) (Angle of Attack) [Airbus] 109
Alphabet Enunciation for Letters and Figures 109
Altimeters, Radio and Barometric 111
Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) 114
AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) 114
APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) 115
Approval and Certification_ 115
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Military Uses 116
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Civil Uses 116
ASK (Available Seat Kilometers) 117
ASRS (Aviation Safety Reporting System) 117
“Assumed Temperature” [Boeing] “Flex Takeoff” [Airbus] 117
ATA (Air Transport Association of America) 119
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Service) 119
Attitude Indicator (AI), Artificial Horizon (AH) 119
ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot License) 120
ATPCS (Automatic Takeoff Power Control System) 120
Attritable (“Cheap Enough to Sacrifice”) 121
ATTOL (Autonomous Taxi, Takeoff and Landing Program_ 122
Atropine/Belladonna, Nerve Agent Treatment 122
Aural Alerts and Warnings Missed_ 124
Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) 125
Autonomous Airliners: No Pilot/One Pilot 125
Autorotation (Autogiro/Helicopter) 127