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Article: The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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- Mechanical Engineering-CIME
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Bill Guston. Cambridge University Press, 40 W. 20th St., New York, NY 10011-4211. 741 pages. 2004. ISBN 0-521-84140-2. $175.
Charlie-Oscar-Oscar-Lima. That's what this book is, as the reader will find, thumbing through the dictionary and appendices. Appendix 4, for example, contains four phonetic alphabets, used to ensure early, fuzzy radio communications were clear, including ICOAs, used above. That's the International Civil Aviation Organization, one of thousands of abbreviations and ...
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