civilian aviation

collocation in English

meaningsofcivilianandaviation

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civilian
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/us
/səˈvɪl.jən/
relating to a person who is not a member of the police or the ...
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aviation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in ...
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(Definition ofcivilianandaviationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I have said that out of sales totalling £900 million last year only £250 million was fromcivilianaviation.
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I should be the last person to suggest thatcivilianaviationis the only kind of aviation which confers benefits on the world.
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Hitherto there has been a prohibition ofcivilianaviation.
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I believe in the same way the change incivilianaviationin the next four or five years will be as striking and as great.
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We should be very careful not to put hindrances in the way of the development ofcivilianaviation.
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The possibilities of saving time bycivilianaviationare enormous.
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I have just one word to say oncivilianaviation.
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Of course these 25,000 cadets will be required in comparatively small numbers for any purpose of the air, includingcivilianaviation.
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He is thought of very highly incivilianaviationcircles.
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The aerobatics focus of its predecessor was dropped in favor of generalcivilianaviation.
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Incivilianaviationusage, the term airman is analogous to the term "sailor" in nautical usage.
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Military administrative regions, the divisions of some major banks, andcivilianaviationdistricts are still divided in the same form as the greater administrative areas.
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Over 100 withdrawn aircraft were handed over to thecivilianaviation(aero clubs).
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Civilianaviationstarted in 1951, when half a barracks was taken into use as a terminal, with the whole building being utilized from 1958.
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Their high performance designs represented the cutting edge of technology and dramatically influenced military andcivilianaviation.
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By the early 1920s, it had adopted a new and more ambitious mission: to promote military andcivilianaviationthrough applied research that looked beyond current needs.
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