" wrote in
oups.com:

I was recently on a flight where I was able to listen to the Pilots
speak to Air Traffic control. It was quite fascinating but I
understood very little of what they were saying. Does anyone know of
a good resource for their terminology? Also, I was wondering if anyone
knew what the following mean, I heard them used a lot.

Heavy
Bugsy


"Heavy" refers to the aircraft class for the purpose of wake
turbulance separation minima. A "Heavy" is defined as an aircraft capable
of takeoff weights of more than 255,000 pounds whether or not they are
operating at this weight during a particular phase of flight.

"Bugsy" is an air navigation fix. These fixes are defined on air
navigation charts and are used to communicate location information with
ATC. BUGSY is at 44-43-21.550N 074-08-29.080W. The closest airport to
BUGSY is Malone-Dufort Airport at Malone, NY. BUGSY is used as a fix on
the enroute charts (high and low altitude)as well as the missed approach
holding fix for the two GPS approaches into KMAL.

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Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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