Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Articles related to aviation include: A Aviation accidents and incidents – ADF – Adverse yaw – Aerobatics – Aerodrome – Aerodrome mapping database (AMDB) – Aerodynamics – Aerofoil -Aerodrome beacon – Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) – Aeronautical chart – Aeronautical phraseology – Aeronautics – Aerospace – Aerospace engineering – Aileron – Air Charter – Air defense identification zone (ADIZ) – Air Freight Terminal – Air traffic flow management – Airband – Aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) – Aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) – Aircraft registration – Aircraft – Aircraft engine controls – Aircraft lavatory – Aircraft noise – Airfoil – Airline Transport Pilot License – Airline – Airliner – Air navigation – Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) – Airport - Airports Commission – Aviation safety – Airship – Airshow – Airspace classes – Airspeed – Airspeed indicator – Air traffic control – Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981 – Altimeter – Altitude – Angel Flight – Angle of attack – Angle of incidence – Anhedral – Anti-torque pedals (Helicopter rudder pedals) – Artificial horizon – Aspect ratio (wing) – Assisted take-off – Attitude indicator – Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast – Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) – Autorotation (helicopter) – Autorotation (fixed-wing aircraft) – Autopilot – Aviation – Aviation archaeology – Aviation history – Aviation medical examiner (AME) – Aviation safety – Aviation system – Aviator – Avionics B Balloon (aircraft) – Bird strike – Blast pad – Blimp – §Bypass ratio C Canard – Center of gravity (aircraft) – Chord (aircraft) – Circuit (airfield) – Civil Air Patrol (US Air Force Auxiliary) – Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) – Cockpit – Cockpit voice recorder – Coefficient of lift – Coefficient of moment – Collective – Commercial pilot license – Common-use self-service (CUSS) – Compass – Compressor stall – Controlled airspace – CVFR – Crab landing – Cross control – CTAF – Cyclic D Deep stall – Delta wing – Dihedral – Distance measuring equipment (DME) – Drag – Ducted fan – dumb-bell – Dutch roll E Elevator – Elevon – Emergency locator transmitter ELT – Empennage (tail section) – ETOPS – Experimental aircraft – Eurocontrol (European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation) – Empty weight – Environmental and climate impacts of aviation F Federal Aviation Administration (FAA – US authority) – Fixed-base operator – Flame holder – Flap –