America West Flight 556 — was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami, Florida to Phoenix, Arizona operated by America West Airlines. On July 1, 2002; the plane was ordered back to the terminal after the pilots were suspected of being legally drunk. The pilots were… … Wikipedia
Aircraft registration — A Van s Aircraft RV 7 displaying registration G KELS. The G prefix denotes a civil aircraft registered in the United Kingdom An aircraft registration is a unique alphanumeric string that identifies a civil aircraft, in similar fashion to a… … Wikipedia
Aircraft finance — refers to financing for the purchase and operation of aircraft. Complex aircraft finance (such as those schemes employed by airlines) shares many characteristics with maritime finance, and to a lesser extent with project finance.Private… … Wikipedia
Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System — Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (or ACARS) is a digital datalink system for transmission of small messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite. The protocol, which was designed by ARINC to replace… … Wikipedia
America West Airlines — Infobox Airline airline=America West Airlines logo=America West logo.png logo size=194 fleet size=145 destinations=95 IATA=HP ICAO=AWE callsign=CACTUS parent=America West Holdings founded=February 1981cite… … Wikipedia
Aircraft losses of the Vietnam War — There were a great many aircraft losses during the Vietnam War. Hundreds of U.S. fixed wing aircraft were lost to ground fire of antiaircraft artillery (AAA), surface to air missiles (SAMs), and fighter interceptors (MiG)s. The great majority of… … Wikipedia
Aircraft lavatory — An aircraft lavatory is an on board bathroom with a toilet and sink.Minimum standardsLavatories per passenger provided aboard aircraft vary considerably from airline to airline and aircraft to aircraft. On board North American aircraft, including … Wikipedia
America class amphibious assault ship — The America class amphibious assault ships are planned to replace the Tarawa class. Based on the USS|Makin Island|LHD 8, the LHA 6 will be a gas turbine powered ship supporting a Marine Expeditionary Brigade with launch capacity for V 22 Osprey… … Wikipedia
America West Express — Infobox Airline airline=America West Express/operated by Mesa Airlines logo size=200 fleet size=43 destinations=59 IATA=YV ICAO=ASH callsign=Air Shuttle parent=US Airways Group/Mesa Air Group founded= headquarters=Tempe, Arizona key people=Doug… … Wikipedia
Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft … Wikipedia
