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Alphabet aviation
In the world of Aviation, Pilots and Air-Traffic Controllers use a special jargon to communicate between themselves.
This jargon, called “Aviation-Alphabet” uses the same 26 letters which we learn in kindergartens.
Each letter corresponds to a word used to identify an Aircraft.
| Alphabet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A = Alpha |
H = Hotel |
O = Oscar |
V = Victor |
| B = Bravo |
I = India |
P = Papa |
W = Whiskey |
| C = Charlie |
J = Juliet |
Q = Quebec |
X = X-Ray |
| D = Delta |
K = Kilo |
R = Roméo |
Y = Yankee |
| E = Echo |
L = Lima |
S = Sierra |
Z = Zulu |
| F = Foxtrot |
M = Mike |
T = Tango |
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| G = Golf |
N = Novembre |
U = Uniforme |
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Example:
The name of this aircraft is AXY 561: “Alpha X-ray Yankee 561”