Olivera makes a polished and assured debut with this aeronautical alphabet book whose crisp, clean digital images, while not explicitly retro, still evoke a Pan Am–era chicness. Most spreads ...

These coded phrases are used by pilots to communicate delays, turbulence and even warnings about annoying passengers ...

Anyone who has spent any time at all in the aviation/aerospace world knows of the industry's love affair with acronyms. ... Alphabet Soup. Share. Frank Jackman March 01, 2007.