Glossary of Aerospace Terms

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  • ZAO Zakrytoe Aktsionernoye Obshchestvo (Russian company constitution).
  • zero-fuel weight MTOW minus usable fuel and other consumables, in most aircraft imposing severest stress on wing and defining limit on payload.
  • zero/zero seat Ejection seat designed for use even at zero speed on ground.
  • ZFW Zero-fuel weight.
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