# Aviation & Maritime Advanced

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- CEFR: C1 (Advanced)
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Advanced aviation and maritime vocabulary for operations, including air traffic control, a taxiway or go-around, the starboard side of a ship and the standard…

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## Word list

* **air traffic control**: The service that directs aircraft movements to keep flights safe and organised, especially near airports. — “**Air traffic control** cleared the plane for landing.”
* **taxiway** /ˈtæksiweɪ/: A path at an airport that aircraft use to move between the runway and the terminal. — “The plane waited on the **taxiway** for its turn to depart.”
* **go-around**: A manoeuvre in which a pilot aborts a landing and climbs back up to try again. — “The pilot performed a **go-around** after the runway wasn't clear.”
* **first officer**: The second-in-command pilot on a commercial aircraft, who assists the captain. — “The **first officer** handled the radio while the captain flew.”
* **displacement** /dɪˈspleɪsmənt/: The weight of water that a ship pushes aside, used to measure its size. — “The cargo ship has a **displacement** of over fifty thousand tonnes.”
* **freeboard**: The distance between a ship's waterline and its upper deck, which affects how much water it can safely take on. — “Loading too much cargo reduced the ship's **freeboard** dangerously.”
* **bow** /baʊ/: The front part of a ship. — “Waves crashed over the **bow** in the storm.”
* **starboard** /ˈstɑrbərd/: The right-hand side of a ship or aircraft, facing forward. — “The captain ordered a turn to **starboard** to avoid the reef.”
* **wake** /weɪk/: The trail of disturbed water left behind a moving boat. — “Fish jumped out of the boat's **wake** as it sped away.”
* **trim** /trɪm/: To adjust an aircraft's controls so it flies level without constant effort. — “The pilot used the switch to **trim** the aircraft for cruise.”
* **standard operating procedure**: The written routine that must be followed for a task. — “The **standard operating procedure** existed and nobody had read it.”
* **crew resource management**: Training in how a crew communicates and shares decisions. — “**Crew resource management** turned the junior's doubt into a question.”
* **minimum equipment list**: The list of what may be broken and still allow a flight. — “The **minimum equipment list** allowed it, and the captain did not.”
* **payload range**: The trade-off between how much you carry and how far you go. — “**Payload range** decided the routing more than the schedule did.”
* **great circle route**: The shortest path between two points on the globe. — “The **great circle route** looks wrong on every flat map.”
* **dead reckoning**: Working out position from speed, heading and time elapsed. — “**Dead reckoning** got them within four miles with no instruments.”
* **under keel clearance**: The water left between the bottom of a ship and the seabed. — “**Under keel clearance** was half a metre at the worst of the tide.”
* **pilotage**: The guiding of a ship into port by a local expert. — “**Pilotage** is compulsory in that estuary for anything over eighty metres.”
* **demurrage charge**: A fee for keeping a ship or container longer than allowed. — “The **demurrage charge** exceeded the value of the cargo.”
* **flag of convenience**: Registering a ship in another country for cheaper regulation. — “A **flag of convenience** saved the owner far more than the crew cost.”

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