Aviation/nautical Information

Port = Left

Starboard = Right

Fore = Forward

Aft = Back

“nun” (triangle top) buoys

“can” (square top) buoys

Head-on: both vessels give-way starboard

Crossing paths: Starboard vessel is stand-on

Overtaking: the one overtaking is give-way, can pass either side

Power = give way

Sail = stand on

Overtaking = whichever one is overtaking

aircraft in distress always has right of way

overtaking: must pass slower aircraft on the right and stay well clear

landing: lower altitude plane has right of way

Gasoline - 6lbs/gallon

Oil - 7.5lbs/gallon

Water - 8.35lbs/gallon

Definition: when the temperature of air near the ground is cooled to the air’s dew point. Then water vapor in the air condenses and becomes visible in the form of fog.

Radiation: clear nights, no wind, valleys. occurs when ground cools rapidly due to terrestrial radiation. Disappears with sun & heat.

Ground: radiation fog that’s less than 20ft thick

Advection: coastal areas, when a layer of warm, moist air moves over a cold surface. wind is required. does not disappear with sun

Upslope: same as advection

Steam: cold, dry air moves over warm water. as the water evaporates, it rises and resembles smoke over the water. common on bodies of water in coldest time of year.

Freeboard: water level to deck

Draft: water level to bottom of boat

Forecastle: bow half of deck

Fantail: stern half of deck

Keel: structure line underneath boat running from bow to stern

Lubber line: fixed line on a compass pointing towards ships bow

humid air lighter than dry air

warm air lighter than cold (heat rises)

relying solely on your compass for direction

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using surrounding terrain to guide you along your way

ratio of wing surface area to aircraft weight

Radar Intercept Officer

sits in back seat of F-14 and manages battlefield and mission execution

Carrier, guided-missile

(N - nuclear powered)

Carrier, guided-missile

(N - nuclear powered)

Gun Cruiser

Carrier, guided-missile

(N - nuclear powered)

Gun Cruiser

Latitude across the globe, measured from equator

Longitude north to south poles, measured from prime meridian in Greenwich, England. 000 degrees

Carrier, guided-missile

(N - nuclear powered)

Gun Cruiser

Latitude across the globe, measured from equator

Longitude north to south poles, measured from prime meridian in Greenwich, England. 000 degrees

Coordinated Universal Time

The time in Greenwich, England. Time zones are divided by 15 degree intervals, 360/15 = 24 time zones.

military: two quick white flashes alternating with a green flash

civilian: flashing white & green

water: flashing white & yellow

heliport: flashing white yellow green

Visual Approach Slope Indicator

2-bar and 3-bar VASIs. 2-bar installations provide one visual glidepath set at 3 degrees.

both red: below glidepath

both white: above glidepath

Runway Centerline Lighting System

spaced 50ft intervals on centerline of runway.

white until the last 3,000ft of runway, then alternate with red for the next 2,000ft, then red for the last 1,000ft of runway.

Diurnal: one high and one low tide each day

Spring: sun & moon in alignment for highest tides

Neap: smaller difference between the high and low tides due to opposing gravitational pull by sun/moon

Ebb: when the tide falls after high tide

1. Mercury 1961 - if humans could survive in space

2. Gemini 1965 - carried two astronauts to space

3. Apollo 1967 - first attempt land on moon

Apollo 11 landed on moon in 1969 with Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin Jr, Michael Collins

US Marine, 149 combat missions between WWII and Korean war.

5 distinguished flying crosses (heroism during aerial flight)

first to fly supersonic across US

first american to orbit earth in Project Mercury on the Friendship 7

Russian cosmonaut, first man in space

First american spacecraft to explore the outer solar system.

First american spacecraft to explore the outer solar system.

first American to walk in space

“Squawk” pilot speak for setting the transponder code

1200 - aircraft is operating under visual flight rules

7500 - hijacking

7600 - loss of radio communication

7700 - emergency

7777 - military flight

was a sailing frigate (warship) in the Navy during the 1760s. Sunk.

aircraft carrier

Amphibious / Landing Craft Carriers

Amphibious / Landing Craft Carriers

Battleship

Submarine

A* - Combat Logistics

M* - Mine warefare

First conflict to see wide use of helicopters was the Korean War