“C” becomes “Charlie”, “D” becomes “Delta”, “E” becomes “Echo”, “T” becomes “Tango”, and “Z” becomes “Zulu”.
Aviators often speak “pilot English” to avoid miscommunications over radio transmission. “Tree” for instance, means three, “fife” is the number five and “niner” means nine, says Tom Zecha, a manager at AOPA. The variations stemmed from a desire to avoid confusion between similar-sounding numbers, he says.
J. • ▬ ▬ ▬ Juliet. (JEW-LEE-ETT)
This special jargon, called the Aviation Alphabet, uses the same 26 letters many of us learned in kindergarten. Each letter has a corresponding word used to identify aircraft, often called the tail number, and taxiways, which are just like the roads we drive on.
Acceleration is described in units of the force called “Gs.” A pilot in a steep turn may experience forces of acceleration equivalent to many times the force of gravity. This is especially true in military fighter jets and high-performance, aerobatic aircraft where the acceleration forces may be as high as 9 Gs.
ICAO code consists of 4 letters. Certain classifications among countries and regions are used in creating these codes. The first letter stands for the region in which the airport is located, the second is for the country. The other two letters are generally given in order.
The International Air Transport Association's (IATA) Location Identifier is a unique 3-letter code (also commonly known as IATA code) used in aviation and also in logistics to identify an airport.
What do pilots say right before takeoff? These can vary, but in general, the announcements are relatively standard across different airlines. Most pilots will typically introduce themselves and the cabin crew; state the aircraft type, flight number, and route, and remind passengers of the airline's seatbelt policy.
Most native speakers of English assume that V is for velocity, and that mostly works. To be precise, though, the word velocity means “speed in a particular direction.” Technically, V stands for “vitesse,” another aviation term bor- rowed from the French; “vitesse” being the French word for “speed” or “rate.”
Charlie-Charlie is a fancy substitution for a standard affirmative. It comes from the convention of abbreviating Correct/Yes by letter C in codes. It was early standardized and used at sea since 1857.
Affirmative - Yes. Confirm - My understanding of your transmission is ______ : Is that correct?
The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare that they need help and that the situation is urgent, but for the time being, does not pose an immediate danger to anyone's life or to the vessel itself.
In short, SQUAWK refers to the communication that comes from an aircraft's transponder — or the radio equipment that a plane has that allows it to communicate with the radar system of air traffic control on the ground.
Wake turbulence poses a major risk to other aircraft, so pilots and ATC use the term “heavy” in radio transmissions as a reminder that the aircraft's wake may be dangerous to others passing behind or below the flightpath of these larger-mass aircraft.
"Fox" is short for "foxtrot", the NATO phonetic designation for the letter "F", which is short for "fire". The radio call announcing that a weapon has been fired is intended to help avoid friendly fire, alerting other pilots to avoid maneuvering into the path of the munition.
Series 77 — Code 7700 is reserved for recognizing an aircraft in emergency. (Codes 7711 to 7717 and 7721 to 7727 are reserved for SAR operations and code 7777 for monitoring the ground transponder.)
The "X" in LAX
Before the 1930s, US airports used a two-letter abbreviation and at that time, "LA" served as the designation for Los Angeles Airport. With the rapid growth in the aviation industry, in 1947, the identifiers expanded to three letters and "LA" received an extra letter to become "LAX."
Code letter F
Wingspan 65 m but < 80 m. Typical aeroplane BOEING 747-8/AIRBUS A-380-800.
Code E aircraft may taxi under their own power on the C-D route with Follow me escorting if there is nothing parked on stand R101. If the stand is occupied, the aircraft shall only taxi towed on taxiways C-D, under DAM or AOO supervision.
In order to release billions of dollars in economic benefit, the airport's runway requires an upgrade to Code E status, which will allow it to accommodate long-range, wide-bodied aircraft. This upgrade will directly connect the Hunter and Northern NSW to the rest of the world.
V1 is the maximum speed at which a rejected takeoff can be initiated in the event of an emergency. V1 is also the minimum speed at which a pilot can continue takeoff following an engine failure.
Pilots mostly pronounce numbers as in regular English but with a few exceptions. Zero (0) is always “zero,” not “oh.” Three (3) becomes “tree.” Five (5) becomes “fife.” Nine (9) becomes “niner.”
Pilots say they have information Alpha- Zulu to show they have the current weather observation of the airport they are calling on the radio. Each hour a new weather report is transmitted on the radio with its name being a letter in the phonetic alphabet.