Undercarriage — This article is about aircraft landing gear. For the Devin the Dude album, see Landing Gear. Undercarriage Undercarriage of a Boeing 777 300 … Wikipedia
Bush plane — A bush plane is a general aviation aircraft serving remote, undeveloped areas of a country, usually the African bush, Alaskan and Canadian tundra or the Australian Outback. Among the most common bush planes are the Cessna 180, Cessna Caravan and… … Wikipedia
Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass … Wikipedia
Aileron — For the band, see The Ailerons … Wikipedia
Fuselage — of a Boeing 737 shown in brown The fuselage (pronounced /ˈfjuːzəlɑːʒ/; from the French fuselé spindle shaped ) is an aircraft s main body section that holds crew and passengers or cargo. In single engine aircraft it will usually contain an… … Wikipedia
STOL — is an initialism for short take off and landing , a term used to describe aircraft with very short runway requirements. The formal NATO definition (since 1964) is:: Short Take Off and Landing (décollage et atterrissage courts) is the ability of… … Wikipedia
Flight data recorder — An example of a flight data recorder; the underwater locator beacon is the small cylinder on the far right. (English translation of warning message: FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN) … Wikipedia
Nacelle — This article is about aircraft nacelles. For wind turbine nacelles, see Nacelle (wind turbine). Engines in nacelles on a Boeing 707. The nacelle ( … Wikipedia
Navigation light — The winglet and red navigation light on the port (left) wing of a South African Airways Boeing 747 400 aircraft A navigation light is a colored source of illumination on an aircraft, spacecraft, or waterborne vessel, used to signal a craft s… … Wikipedia
Drogue parachute — A B 52H Stratofortress from the 307th Bomb Wing deploying its drag chute for landing … Wikipedia