BendixKing SKYMAP IIIC User Manual
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BASIC OPERATION
ARTCC:
air route traffic control centre
BASIC OPE
RATION
ASCII:
American standard code for information interchange
ATC:
air traffic control
ATF:
aerodrome traffic frequency
ATIS:
automatic terminal information service
A/C:
aircraft
baud:
or Baud Rate; a measurement of data transmission speed
BRG:
bearing
CAA:
Civil Aviation Authority
CAS:
calibrated airspeed
COM:
communication
CDI:
course deviation indicator
CTA:
control area
CTAF:
common traffic advisory frequency
CTR:
centre
CWI:
continuous wave interference
dB:
decibels
DC:
direct current
DIS:
distance
DME:
distance measuring equipment
DOD:
United States Department of Defence
DOT:
United States Department of Transportation
EFIS:
electronic flight instrument system
ELT:
emergency locator transmitter
ESA:
en route safe altitude
ETE:
estimated time en route
FAA:
Federal Aviation Administration
FAF:
final approach fix
FAR:
Federal Aviation Regulations
FPL:
flight plan
FPM:
feet per minute
FSS:
flight service station
ft:
feet
FT:
feet
G:
gravitational acceleration = 32.2 ft/sec
2
= 9.8 m/sec
2
GAL:
gallons
GPS:
Global Positioning System
hr:
hour
HSI:
horizontal situation indicator
Hz:
hertz
IAF:
initial approach fix
IAP:
instrument approach procedure
IEEE:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFR:
instrument flight rules
in.:
inches
INT:
intersection
kHz:
kilohertz
Kt.:
knots
KΩ:
kilohms
LAT:
latitude
Rev 9 Jul 2006
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