General
GLOSSARY
AL250 Flight Manual
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EFIS: Electronic Flight Instrument System
EGT: Exhaust gas temperature
EID: Engine Instrument Display
ESI: Electronic Standby Instrument
ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FADEC: Fully Automated Digital Engine Control. Computer that calculates th e best engine
parameters according to pilot input and ECU measurements.
FCP: Flight Control Panel
FD: Flight director
FDU: Fire Detection Unit
Feathered propeller: Propeller blade at an angle which offers minimum drag and propeller
rotation is at or near zero.
FF: Fuel Flow
FMA: Flight Mo de Annunciator
FNPT: Flight Navigation and Procedures Trainer (ground-based training device which repre-
sents the flight deck environment of a class of aeroplanes) - for details see the JAR-STD
3A.
FOB: Fuel on Board
g: Acceleration due to gravity
GNS: Global Navigation System
GPWS: Ground Proximity Warning System
GS: Ground Speed
G/S: Glideslop e
HDG: Heading
HSI: Horizontal situation indicator
IAS: Indicated Airspeed, the speed of an aircraft as shown on the airspeed indicator.
IATA: International Airline Transport Association
ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization
IDG: Integrated Drive Generator
IFR: Instrument flight rules
ILS: Instrument landing system
ILS Category IIIB (ICAO): (Special authorization required) An ILS approach procedure
which provides for an approach with either a decision height lower than 50 feet (15m)
or with no decision height and with a Runway Visual Range not less than 700 feet
(200m) but not less than 150 feet (50m).
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