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In aviation, the letters of the alphabet are expressed using words. They form a single universal alphabet, that is, each letter is represented by an internationally recognized word. These words are from a number of different languages: English, French, Greek, Latin, and Spanish. A is Alpha, B is Bravo, C is Charlie, D is Delta, etc. The names of airplanes are also a group of five letters, called prefix. The first two letters indicate if an airplane is private, PT (Papa Tango), or commercial, PP (Papa Papa). An airplane under the prefix PT LIE is called in full: Papa Tango Lima India Echo. PP SON is Papa Papa Sierra Oscar November. The pilot requests permission to land like this: “Control Tower, this is Papa Tango Whisky Hotel Kilo” (PT WHK). The Armed Forces (the Navy, the Army, and the Air Force) also use this alphabet. Based on <http://blog.privatefly.com/history-of-the-nato-phonetic-alphabet>. Accessed November 13, 2015.
COMPLETE AVIATION ALPHABET by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
A lpha
H otel
O scar
B ravo
I ndia
P apa
C harlie
J uliet
Q uebec
D elta
K ilo
R omeo
E cho
L ima
S ierra
F oxtrot
M ike
T ango
G olf
N ovember
U niform
V ictor W hiskey X -ray Y ankee Z ulu
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