R Aviation Abbreviation

Reverse

Reach

Distance that an excavator arm can extend. A stream section with fairly homogenous characteristics. REACH is the system for Registration, Evaluation and Assessment of Chemicals being proposed under the EU Chemicals Policy.

Route

Consecutive links in a network served by single flight numbers, eg QF1 operates SYD/BKK/LHR as a single route. The path that network traffic follows from its source to its destination. also cut-through. The URL used to direct requests to an application. A route is made up of an optional host and a domain that are specified when an application is pushed. For example, in the route myapp.example.com, myapp is the host and example.com is the domain.

Roll

The movement of an aircraft around the fuselage longitudinal axis which elevates one wing or the other and used to initiate turning maneuvers. Movement of an aircraft about its longitudinal axis, representing a wing-over rolling action. The rotational movement of an airplane about its longitudinal axis. Also an aerobatic maneuver whereby the airplane is rolled about its longitudinal axis through 360 degrees, while trying to keep the thing in a straight line.