Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Miscellaneous
Introduction This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for miscellaneous items, materials and nicknames in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.
Miscellaneous : Koktebel, Ukraine: Koktebel, Ukraine: ''Azotnaya Kislota'' – nitric acid: ''Aviatsionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye'' – hydraulic fluid: ''Aviatsionnyye Pravila'' – aviation regulations: Enamel surface finish: ''Bombardirovshchik Dal'nevo Deystviya'' – bomber long range specification: unmanned air vehicles: Towed escort fighter research programme: ''stend Bombovovo Vo'oroozheniya'' – bomb-loading test stand Myasischev Izdeliye M test stand. : ''Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik'' – USSR union of soviet socialist republics: understudy (second prototype):  refuelling: aircraft ramp launcher for SM-30: export: pre-production: with afterburning: state acceptance tests: ''Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Aerogheograficheskoy Razvedki – aerogeographical prospecting measurement suite: altered: catapult launched: ''Komsomol'sko-Molodyozhnyy Ekipazh'' – Komsomol youth crew: communist: wings (aviation technical clubs: first edition wings (for MiG-23): ''Kommandno-Shtabnoy Modool'' – command and headquarters module: ''Klimovskiy Vektor Tyaghi'' – Klimov's vectored thrust: flying legends airshow – Monino: ''Lyohkiy Frontovoy Istrebitel'' – light tactical fighter requirement: ''Lyohkiy Samolyot-Shtoormovik'' – light attack aircraft) requirement: ''Mnogofunktsion-al'nyy Istrebitel'' – multifunctional fighter requirement: ''Maghistrahl'niy Samolyot Dvadtsat' Pervogo Veka'' – airliner of the 21st century short haul airliner family/projects: muscle-power-driven aircraft: ''Mesnye Vozdooshnyye Linii'' – civilian air routes:  Moscow: ''Naoochno-Tekhnicheskoye Tvorchestvo Molodyozhi'' – Scientific and Technical Achievements of Young Specialists Science fair: ''Obshchiye Taktiko-Teknicheskiye Trebovaniya'' – general operational requirement military specification:  (Russian: Перспективный авиационный комплекс дальней авиации, ''Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Dalney Aviatsyi'' - Future Air Complex for Strategic Air Forces):  (Russian: Перспективный авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации, ''Perspektivny aviatsionny kompleks frontovoy aviatsii'' - Future Frontline Aircraft System for Frontal Aviation), 5th generation fighter programme Su-57:: ''Perspektivnyy Frontovoy Istrebitel' '' – advanced tactical fighter GOR general operational requirement: ''Perspektivnyy Lyohkiy Massovyy Istrebitel' '' – advanced mass-produced light fighter GOR general operational requirement became LFI: ''Perekhvahtchik s Treugol'nym Krylom'' – delta-wing interceptor In-house sukhoi project prefix: ''Pooskovoye Oostroystvo  dlya SM tridtsat'' – ramp launcher for Izdeliye SM-30: cannon: step arrangement: ''Raketa-Nositel' Samolyotnaya'' – air-launched space launch vehicle MiG-31: Russian Knights Aerobatic Team: (prefix) ''Strelovidnoye krylo'' – swept/arrow wings Sukhoi Project prefix: main passenger cabin: boundary layer blowing/control: classified: northern plant/factory: ''Sistema Obyektivnovo Kontrolya Oochebno-Boyevykh Deystviy'' – combat training objective assessment system test equipment fot MiG-31: dual controls: special external stores (externally carried nuclear weapons): special slung load (nuclear): ''Sverkhzvookovoy Passazheerskiy Samolyot Pervovo Pokoleniya'' – first-generation supersonic airliner: ''Stend Morornyy'' – engine test rig section of Izdeliye M wing and fuselage with two engines and representative fuel system for ground running and fuel system tests. : swept wings: ''Stalinskoye Zadanye'' – Stalins assignment: (prefix) ''Treugol'noye Krylo'' – delta wings Sukhoi projects prefix: ''Toplivo Ghipergolicheskoye'' – hypergolic fuel (self igniting): ''Taktiko-Teknicheskiye Trebovaniya'' – tactical/technical requirements military specification: Weapons Heating: ''Ooniversahl'nyy Aviatsionnyy Konteyner'' – cargo container: ''Oochebnotrenirovochnyy Samolyot'' – conversion/proficiency trainer requirement:  guidance: movable armament: ''Pogroozochnokozlovoye Oostroystvo'' – cargo handling gantry crane: low altitude Val'ozhka was sudden wing drop due to asymmetric torsional stiffness of the wings, high altitude Val'ozhka was caused by aerodynamic asymmetry (called Phantom Diver in RAF – un-commanded wing drop at high speeds: ''Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozlaystva'' – national economy achievements exhibition: ''Vremennyye Normy Lyotnoy Godnosti Sverkhzvookovykh Samolyotov'' – airworthiness regulations for supersonic aircraft: manufacturers development tests: Banner of Labour: Star Town
Materials : ''Aviatsionnaya Bronya'' – aviation armour Nickel/Molybdenum/Steel alloy: Aluminium alloy: Aluminium alloy: ''Aluminiy Liteynyy'' – Aluminium Alloy optimised for casting: Duralumin Aluminium Alloy: Duralumin Aluminium Alloy: Birch veneers, impregnated with phenolic resin, layered in a mould and formed under pressure at 150degC: stainless steel: Nickel/Chrome/steel alloys: Chromium/Molybdenum/steel alloys: Chromium/Manganese/Silicon/steel alloys: mild steel: Magnesium alloy: Magnesium alloy: Magnesium alloy: mild steel: Titanium alloy: Birch veneers layered and glued over a mould using casein or albumen glues: Aluminium alloy forgings: Aluminium alloy): V high-strength Titanium alloy
Nicknames These nicknames are used for aircraft, and/or aircraft equipment, either officially in the case of avionics or unofficially for other equipment. : Stork: Shark: Diamond: Amethyst:: Analogue: Argon: Harlequin: Atlas: Azalea: Picture frame: Butterfly: Cormorant:: Barrier: Barometer: Snow Leopard: Barium: Base: Shore:: Birch Tree: Turquoise: Bison: Flea: Bouquet: Bunker: Storm: Damask steel: "Бура́н" meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard": Pinocchio:: Seagull: Suitcase: Black Sea: baby Douglas: Road: Friendship: Oak: Woodpecker: Girls Machine (Grigorovich E-2 (DG-55): Ether: Screen: Screen Wing: Emblem: Eucalyptus: Phantasmagoria: String Bean: Horned Owl: Flute: Background: Frigate Bird? : Frigate: Loon: Gardenia: Food store/Pantry: Helium: Geranium: Globe: Tadpole: Hunchback: Horizon: Hail: Rook: Thunderstorm: (Azerbaijani) Sun: Needle: Elm: river: Initiative: Fig: Spark: Golden Oriole: Emerald: Great Auk: Calibrator: Drop of liquid: retribution: Crucian: Cascade: "Катюша" meaning 'little Katy': Cedar: motion: Cold: Chrysanthemum: Chrome: Nickel-Chromium: Square: Dagger: Maple: Maple: Cobalt: Mosquito: Comet: Commune Worker: Cone: Cube: Cupola: Heading: Spear: Coral: Kite (bird: Red Cross: Red October: Gerfalcon: Silicon: Crystal:: Corn: slang Corn-Duster: Courier: Quantum: Square: Receipt (colloquial – Kvitahntsiya: Lily of the Valley: Swallow: Latvian Rifleman: Azure/Prussian Blue: Ice Smasher: Lyre: flying tube: Liana Creeper: Limousine:: Lithium: Lotus: Beam: Lunar: Buttercup: Magnesium: poppy: Macaque (monkey: Flywheel: Little one / baby: Mongoose: Manoeuver: Route: Continent: Beacon: Sword: Mercury: Snowstorm: Meteor: Meteorite: micron: Almond: world: Lightning: sea dragon: Moscow: Mosquito: Juniper::: Neon: Thread: Knives trim tabs: Little Light: a Russian river: Ocean: Alder: Experience / experiment:: Eagle: Eagle: Wasp: Panther: Password: Sail: Bearing: Pelican: Perseus: Peony: Pioneer*''Pchel'' – Bee: Pioneers Truth: Flame: Toadstool: Weather: Flight: Stream: Prairie: Tributary: Drive: Prism: person who lives by the sea: Expanse: Searchlight: Bee: Little Bee: Puma: Path/Way: the Fifty: Quantum: a contraction of Rahdiodal'nomer (radio rangefinder: Radical: Rainbow: Speech: Planing Step: Terrain: Mignonette: compass point: Motherland: Rhombus: Ruby: Ruslan (Russian legendary warrior): Russia: sabre: Sapphire: Gem (old Russian: Lilac: (meaning not known – used for airborne delivered mine: Sphere: Ball/Balloon: six-winged Seraph: Squall: Ramrod: Spire: Bayonet: Rod: Scalpel: Siberian Inhabitant: Siren: Scythian: Starling: Tornado/Whirlwind: Sable: Falcon: Hill: break-off/mis-carry/abort: Union: twin/coupled/tandem probably derived from ''Sparennoye Oopravleniye'' – dual controls: Rescue Worker: Spectrum: Standard: Arrow: String: Vault/dome: Pill/Tablet: Typhoon: Pitch angle: Ramming attack: Tiger: Yopaz: Ice Hummock: Accuracy: Tone: Thorium: Trapeze: Route: Tropic: (Ukrainian)Rose: number: Cyclone: Hurricane: Duck: Ukraine (Ukrainian? ): Dill: Duckling: Knot: Blizzard: Fan: fly anywhere aircraft/omniflyer: Vortex: Turn: Cherry: Life(Ukrainian? : Sunrise: East: Air: Aerial Ford Yakovlev AIR-5 with cabin: Rendezvous: Elm: Altitude: Anchor: Amber: Unicorn: Jupiter: Kernel: Fir: Coral: Glow: Dawn: Shield/barrier: Zebra: Beetle: Crane bird: Winter: Golden Eagle: Banner of Labour: Star
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