Definitions Flashcards

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AFCS

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Automatic flight control system.

Contains autopilot flight director system F/D) and auto throttle system (A/T)

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MCP

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Mode control panel

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AFDS consists of

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Three autopilot flight director computers (AFDCs) and a MCP

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FMA

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Flight mode annunciator

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LNAV

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Lateral navigation. Simply azimuth navigation without vertical guidance.

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ASTU

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Automatic stabilizer trim unit. Aircrafts elevator position feed into ASTU, allowing ASTS TO CORRECTLY TRIM THE AIRCRAFT

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EFIS

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Electronic Flight Instrument System.

Displayed in two separate screens,

the ADI (attitude director indicator) and HSI (horizontal situation indicator) Boeing

Primary flight display PFD & navigation display ND Airbus.

Also contains;

  • control panel symbol generator so that drive signals may be switched to either the left or right display units.
  • remote light sensor unit
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PFD

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Primary flight display

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ND

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Navigation display

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EADI

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Electronic attitude director indicator. Also known as PFD

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EHSI

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Electronic horizontal situation indicator also known as ND

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HUD

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Head Up Display.
System comprised of

HUD computer,

  • overhead unit projector,
  • a combiner
  • a control panel
  • an annunciator panel
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EVS

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Enhanced vision system.
both long wave and short wave Infrared camera for early detection of visual references.
Decreases operating costs by mitigating go rounds

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SVS

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Synthetic vision system.
Uses high precision navigation, attitude, altitude, and terrain databases to create a realistic view of the outside world.

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ECAM

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Electronic centralized aircraft monitoring-airbus.
Incorporates all features of EICAS.
HAS HE ADDED FEATURE OF PROVIDING CREW WITH CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO ANY FAULTS THAT MAY ARISE, AS WELL AS SYSTEM LIMITATIONS AFTER THE FAILURES

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TAWS

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Terrain awareness and warning system

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GPWS

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Ground proximity warning system
5 modes
1-excessive descent ride
2-excessive terrain closure rate
3 altitude loss after takeoff or go around
4- and safe to rain clearance with the aircraft not in landing configuration
5- aircraft too low during ILS approach

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EGPWS

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Newly developed with seven modes.
1-excessive descent ride
2-excessive terrain closure rate
3 altitude loss after takeoff or go around
4- and safe to rain clearance with the aircraft not in landing configuration
5- aircraft too low during ILS approach
6-bank angle & altitude callouts
7-windshear

Displays terrain up to 320 nautical miles away, also provides warning of 60 seconds before impact with terrain

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TCAS

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Traffic collision avoidance system
-TCAS II most common. Provides traffic advisories TA and resolution advisories RA.
ABLE TO COPE WITH THE TRAFFIC DENSITY OF 24 AIRCRAFT WITHIN A 5-MILE RANGE. WILL COORDINATE ESCAPES FROM UP TO THREE AIRCRAFT

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SMYD

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Stall Management Yaw Dampener.

Regulatory margin for activation of stall warning system is 5% above stall speed (1.05Vs)

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RWS

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Reactive windshear system

Detection takes place when aircraft penetrates windshear condition

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PWS

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Predictive Windshear system
The system is a part of the weather radar system.
Uses doppler to detect disturbed air ahead of the aircraft

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CVR

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Cockpit voice recorder.
Effective 10th of may 2019. CVR RECORDING TIME INCREASED FROM 30 MINUTES TO 2 HOURS.
Connected to aircraft power, also has backup battery.

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FDR

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Flight data recorder.
New Zealand aviation legislation states it must be capable of recording and storing 25 hours of data in digital form.
Must be fully automatic, recording from engine startup to shutdown.

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AIDS
Aircraft integrated data system
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AHRS
Attitude heading reference system. contains three rate gyros to measure angular aircraft motion in the pitch roll and Yaw axis. Three accelerometers to measure aircraft linear motion along longitudinal, lateral and vertical axis of the aircraft.
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CDU
Control display unit. | Interface between pilots and the flight management system (FMS)
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ANP
Actual navigation performance. Aircraft must have ANP equal to or less than RNP.
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RNP
Required navigation performance
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TMC
Thrust management computer
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RLG
Ring laser Gyro. Operates on the principle of relative movement between two laser beams. As opposed to operating on the property of inertia
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IRS
Inertial reference system | Ring laser Gyro paid with air data computer form ADIRU (AIR DATA INERTIAL REFERENCE UNIT)
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ADIRU
Air data inertial reference unit
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FANS
Future Air Navigation System
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CNS/ATM
Communications, Navigation and Surveillance systems. Employs satellite navigation systems together with various levels of automation, applied in support of a seamless global air traffic management system
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ACARS
Aircraft communications, addressing and reporting System | a digital link system used to transmit messages between the aircraft and ground stations.
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CPDLC
Controller pilot data link communications.
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MU/MCU
Management unit / communications management unit
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AAC
Airline administrative control
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AOC
Aeronautical operational control
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SATCOM
Satellite communications System
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ADS-B
Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast.
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ADS-C
``` Automatic dependent surveillance-contract. Three types of contracts: 1. Periodic contract 2. Event contract 3. Demand contract Uses GPS and ADS-C unit. ```
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MLAT
Multilateration. Similar to GPS. MLAT uses receiver stations placed at strategic locations around an airport. Uses SSR transponder transmissions to calculate range from different receiver stations.
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PBN
Performance Based Navigation
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SBAS
Satellite-based augmentation system
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GNSS
Global network of satellite systems
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CDO
Continuous descent operations
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CCO
Continuous climb operations
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MON
Minimum Operating Network
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OBPMA
On board performance monitoring and alerting
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RNAV
Area navigation
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RNAV 10 purpose
An RNAV specification for use in oceanic and remote continental airspace
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RNAV 5 (also called BRNAV) purpose
An RNAV specification that can be used for aircraft using higher level airspace. USED IN EUROPE SINCE 1998
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RNAV 1 and RNAV 2
RNAV 1 in terminal airspace.+/-1nm 95 % of time RNAV 2 in en route a space. +/-2nm 95% of time RNAV 1 used for domestic terminal airspace for arrival departure procedure. RNAV 2 for use in domestic enroute airspace.
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AFDC
Autopilot flight director computer
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VOR
Very high frequency omnidirectional radio range
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SBAS
Satellite based augmentation system
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RF
Radius to fix
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RAIM
Receiver autonomous integrity monitoring
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MNPS
Minimum navigation performance specification
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MCDU
Multifunction control and display unit
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GRAS
Ground-based Regional augmentation system
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GBAS
Ground-based augmentation system
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APV
Approach procedure with vertical guidance
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ABAS
Aircraft based augmentation system
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EICAS
Engine indicating a crew alerting system (Boeing)