Aircraft vocabulary

This page lists vocabulary related to movements of aircrafts and piloting. These words and their descriptions were mostly published and discussed in HolQeD of June 2002 as an answer from Friend of Maltz Robyn Stewart, who is a pilot. (1)

Word list

aircraft movements

The following terms were initially described referring to movements of an airplane. Some of them were later generalised confirming that they can also be applied to body movements. All of these verbs can be combined with the type 4 suffix -moH (cause) to describe what the pilot does with the plane.

word	type	translation	definition
Dav	v.	sway	aircraft moves to the side without yawing
Der	v.	yaw	aircraft nose points left or right
jIm	v.	heave	aircraft rising or falling without pitching
jer	v.	surge	aircraft suddenly moves forwards or backwards
ron	v.	roll	aircraft wings tilt, one up, one down
tor	v.	kneel	when the nose of the plane moves up or down

General terms

word	type	translation
'or	v.	pilot, operate (an aircraft)
'orwI'	n.	pilot
ghangwI'	n.	horizon
tajvaj	n.	angle

Attitude

Attitude in this context means the position of an airplane relative to something.

word	type	translation
lol	v.	be in an attitude
lolchu'	v.	be in a correct attitude
loltaH	v.	maintain an attitude
lolchu'taH	v.	maintain a correct attitude
lolmoH	v.	maneuver the aircraft to be in some attitude or other
lolSeHcha	n.	attitude control thrusters

References

1 : matlh jup mu'mey, by Marc Okrand, HolQeD vol 11 no 2, p. 8-9