flyover, flypast - a low-altitude flight (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

crash landing - an emergency landing under circumstances where a normal landing is impossible (usually damaging the aircraft)

crop-dusting, spraying - the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

stabilisation, stabilization - the act of making something (as a vessel or aircraft) less likely to overturn

aircraft engine - the engine that powers and aircraft

bay - a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"

bogy, bogie, bogey - an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

cabin - the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

cockpit - compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

craft - a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

cruise missile - an unmanned aircraft that is a self-contained bomb

fuel system - equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine

heavier-than-air craft - a non-buoyant aircraft that requires a source of power to hold it aloft and to propel it

lighter-than-air craft - aircraft supported by its own buoyancy

nose - a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"

skeletal frame, underframe, skeleton, frame - the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton"

skin - an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"

stealth aircraft - an aircraft designed in accordance with technology that makes detection by radar difficult

destabilization - an event that causes a loss of equilibrium (as of a ship or aircraft)

driftage - the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting

fleet - group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

brownout, dimout, blackout - darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft)

touch down - come or bring (a plane) to a landing; "the plane touched down at noon"