hangar

Spelled with an A, unlike the thing in a wardrobe. Maintenance hangars are where an airframe goes for heavy checks and repaints, so an open hangar door is often the only way to see an aircraft mid-repaint or with its engines off.

Nearby in Aviation

• glideslope — The ILS component that defines the descent angle to the runway, usually three degrees.
• go-around — An approach abandoned before landing, with the aircraft climbing away to try again.
• headwind — A wind blowing along the runway towards the aircraft, which shortens the takeoff and landing distance needed.
• heavy — An ATC wake-turbulence category for aircraft with a maximum takeoff mass above 136 tonnes, appended to the callsign on first contact.