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

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This book should be available for sale around June or July 2008. Further details will be posted upon release.