aviation

1. The aggregation of a country's military aircraft (synset 108450737)
   referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
   is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
   same as: air power
2. The operation of aircraft to provide transportation (synset 108084054)
   is a type of: industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
3. The art of operating aircraft (synset 105643033)
   is a type of: art, artistry, prowess - a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation
   same as: airmanship
4. Travel via aircraft (synset 100301267)
   "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
   associated with:

   • overfly, pass over - fly over
   • fly - travel in an airplane
   • red-eye - travel on an overnight flight
   • cruise - travel at a moderate speed
   • stooge - cruise in slow or routine flights
   • stall - cause an airplane to go into a stall
   • stall - experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
   • buzz - fly low
   • crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
   • aviate, fly, pilot - operate an airplane
   • fly blind - fly an airplane solely by relying on instruments
   • fly contact - fly a plane by using visible landmarks or points of reference
   • solo - fly alone, without a co-pilot or passengers
   • test fly - test a plane
   • jet - fly a jet plane
   • glide - fly in or as if in a glider plane
   • kite - soar or fly like a kite
   • sailplane, soar - fly a plane without an engine
   • power-dive - make a power dive
   • nosedive - plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
   • crash-dive - descend steeply and rapidly
   • chandelle - climb suddenly and steeply
   • belly-land - land on the underside without the landing gear
   • crash land - make an emergency landing
   • ditch - make an emergency landing on water
   • bring down, land, put down - cause to come to the ground
   • deplane - get off an airplane
   • emplane, enplane - board a plane
   • peel off - leave a formation
   is a type of: travel, traveling, travelling - the act of going from one place to another
   subtypes: flight, flying - an instance of traveling by air
   same as: air, air travel

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