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Aircraft - A vehicle designed for air transportation. Acronym: A/C, ACFT Related Terms: Aircraft - aerospace | air | airborne | air cargo | air carrier | air freight | airline | airport | freight | Airport - A facility from which aircraft takeoff and land.Related Terms: Airport - aircraft | airway | facility | land | Airway - A covered ramp used for loading and unloading aircraft passengers.Related Terms: Airway - aircraft | airline | load | loading | passenger | unload | Black Box - Any removable and replaceable unit in a system, usually an electronic device; or the data recorder in an aircraft.Related Terms: Black Box - aircraft | component | parts | spare | spares | Cargo - The freight carred by a ship, aircraft, truck or other vessel or vehicle.Related Terms: Cargo - aircraft | cargo handler | freight | ship | truck | vehicle | vessel | Dock - A platform for loading or unloading trucks, trains, ships, or aircraft; or an aircraft hangar.Related Terms: Dock - hangar | load | loading | pier | unload | Hangar - A building in which aircraft are parked.Related Terms: Hangar - aircraft | facility | Manifest - An itemized list of all passengers and cargo onboard a ship or aircraft; a listing of goods carried by a truck or train; or a listing of railcars in a train. Acronym:Related Terms: Manifest - aircraft | bill of lading | cargo | inventory | invoice | passenger | railcar | ship | train | truck | Tanker - A vehicle for transporting bulk liquid freight; a tanker ship; a tanker truck or trailer; or a tanker aircraft. The equivalent form of rail transport is the tank car.Related Terms: Tanker - aircraft | bulk | car | freight | railroad | ship | trailer | transportation | truck | vehicle | Taxiway - A road or path for aircraft that connects a runway with other airport facilities.Related Terms: Taxiway - aircraft | airport | facility | runway |
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WWW Virtual Library of Logistics Ver 4, Sep, 1999, Matthew D. Cox, logistics@logisticsworld.com Sponsored by LogisticsWorld. Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 MDC, All rights reserved. |