Abbreviations,
Acronyms, and Alphabets
( A Guide to Contemporary and Historical
Terms Found in Aviation Literature)
By Anne Millbrooke
Ever read something written about aviation and get stumped by an abbreviation, acronym, code, or other shortened expression? This book has 10,000 entries (actually more than 12,500), arranged by short expression, and provides the full expression, often with annotation about the when and where of the expression. This guide includes general and technical terms, civil and military, also aeronautical, bureaucratic, commercial, geographical, mechanical, medical, meteorological, operational, and organizational terms - as related to aviation. The coverage is both contemporary and historical; this is, this guide covers current and past usage of the abbreviations, acronyms, and alphabets, also contractions, mnemonics, and codes.
Many abbreviations
have multiple meanings, depending on context. TC, for example, may refer to
thickness to cord, top of cylinder, training center, training circular, Trans
Caribbean Airways, Transport Canada, transportation corps, troop carrier, tropical
continental (air-mass classification), tropical cyclone, true course, turbocharged,
Turkey (nationality mark), turn coordinator, or type certificate.
Available
Summer 2008
Anne Millbrooke
3410 Golden Valley Drive
Bozeman, MT 59718
406-599-1096
anne27m@yahoo.com
THE PUBLISHER
Xlibris
This book should be available for sale around June or July 2008. Further details will be posted upon release.