Avionic Acronyms Flashcards

1
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TAWS

A

Terrain Awareness Warning System

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2
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GPWS

A

Ground proximity waring system

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3
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TCAS

A

Traffic collision avoidance system

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4
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ILS

A

Instrument landing system

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5
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ACARS

A

Aircraft communication and addressing reporting system

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6
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ACAS

A

Airborne collision avoidance system

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7
Q

ADF

A

Automatic direction finder

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8
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ADI

A

Attitude direction indicator

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9
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AFIS

A

Airborne flight information system

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10
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AHC

A

Attitude heading control

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11
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EFIS

A

Electronic flight instrument system

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12
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EHSI

A

Electronic horizontal situation indicator

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13
Q

VOR

A

VHF Omnidirectional radio range

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14
Q

RMI

A

Radio magnetic indicator

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15
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EICAS

A

Engine indicating and crew alerting system

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16
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FDAU

A

Flight data acquisition unit

17
Q

DFDAU

A

Enhanced digital flight data acquisition unit

18
Q

ACMS

A

Aircraft condition monitoring system

19
Q

ADC

A

Air data computer

20
Q

CADC

A

Central air data computer

21
Q

HSI

A

Horizontal situation indicator

22
Q

ADI

A

Attitude indicator

23
Q

INS

A

Inertial navigation system

24
Q

IRS

A

Inertial reference system

25
Q

FMCS

A

Flight management control system

26
Q

CMC

A

Central maintenance computer

27
Q

ADF

A

Automatic direction finder

28
Q

LVDT

A

Linear variable differential transformer

29
Q

AFCS

A

Automatic flight control system

30
Q

THS

A

Trimmable horizontal stabiliser

31
Q

ADF

A

Automatic direction finding

32
Q

EADI

A

Electronic attitude director indicator

33
Q

TRSB

A

Time reference scanning beam

34
Q

AHRS

A

Attitude heading and reference system

35
Q

MCDU

A

Multipurpose control display unit