Brief definitions "intended to be as clear as possible to the non-expert, but accuracy has not been compromised for the sake of readability. Mathematics has been used where necessary to avoid ambiguity."--Intro. Published 1965.

Sözlükte aşağıda verilen temel konulardaki başlıca terim, kısaltma ve ifadelere yer verilmiştir: private charter aviation terminology/ özel charter havacılık terminolojisi pilot controller glossary/pilot kontrolör terimleri passenger glossary/yolcu terimleri main terms used in civil aviation statistics /sivil havacılık istatistikleri temel terimler military aviation terms/askeri havacılık terimleri historic aviation terms/tarihi havacılık terimleri code words and phrases used in radio transmissions/telsiz iletişiminde kullanılan ifade kod sözcükleri certain aviation industry related terms/havacılık endüstrisine ilişkin terimler aviation, aerospace, and aeronautics/uzay ve havacılıkla ilgili terimler aviation terms and abbreviations / havacılık terimleri ve kısaltmaları airport acronyms used in FAA documents/FAA belgelerinde kullanılan havalimanı kısaltmaları glossary of flying terms/uçuş terimleri glossary for pilots and air pilot ve hava ile ilgili terimler glossary for pilots and air traffic services personel/pilotlar ve hava trafik hizmetleri personel terimleri flightpath glossary of aviation terms/uçuş güzergahı/rotası havacılık terimleri descriptive aviation glossary/tanımlayıcı havacılık terimleri aviation insurance glossary/havacılık sigorta terminolojisi aviation communications glossary/havacılık haberleşme terimleri air traffic management terms/hava trafik yönetim terimleri aerospace terminology/uzay terminolojisi glossary of flying terms/genel uçuş terminolojisi Sözlüğün hazırlık aşamasında 200’e yakın kaynağa başvurulmuş havacılık alanının tüm yan, yakın ve alt birimlerinde yer alan terim, ifade, kısaltma ve deyimler titizlikle incelenmiş ve detaylı bir şeklide ele alınmıştır. Yaklaşık 10.000’e yakın ifade, terim, deyim ve kısaltma yer almakta olup, birçoğu açıklamalarla verilmiştir.

2009 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice The launch of Sputnik 1 in 1957 ushered in an exciting era of scientific and technological advancement. As television news anchors, radio hosts, and journalists reported the happenings of the American and the Soviet space programs to millions of captivated citizens, words that belonged to the worlds of science, aviation, and science fiction suddenly became part of the colloquial language. What’s more, NASA used a litany of acronyms in much of its official correspondence in an effort to transmit as much information in as little time as possible. To translate this peculiar vocabulary, Paul Dickson has compiled the curious lingo and mystifying acronyms of NASA in an accessible dictionary of the names, words, and phrases of the Space Age. Aviators, fighter pilots, and test pilots coined the phrases “spam in a can” (how astronauts felt prelaunch as they sat in a tiny capsule atop a rocket booster); “tickety-boo” (things are fine), and “the Eagle has landed” (Neil Armstrong’s famous quote when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon). This dictionary captures a broader foundation for language of the Space Age based on the historic principles employed by the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s New Third International Dictionary. Word histories for major terms are detailed in a conversational tone, and technical terms are deciphered for the interested student and lay reader. This is a must-own reference for space history buffs.