Garmin aera 500 - Manual (Page 187)

Garmin aera 500 Series Pilot’s Guide 190-01117-02 Rev. A
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Overview
GPS Navigation
Flight Planning
Hazar
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Avoidance
Additional F
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Appendices
Index
aPPeNdix J: GlOSSary
ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone
AGL Above Ground Level
AIRMET Airman’s Meteorological Information
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center
ASOS Automated Surface Observing System
ATC Air Traffic Control
ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service
AWOS Automated Weather Observing System
Bearing The compass direction from the present position to a
destination waypoint.
ºC degrees Celsius
Calibrated
Airspeed
Indicated airspeed corrected for installation and instrument
errors.
cm centimeter
COM communication radio
Course The line between two points to be followed by the aircraft.
Course to Steer The recommended direction to steer in order to reduce
course error or stay on course. Provides the most efficient
heading to get back to the desired course and proceed along
the flight plan.
Crosstrack Error The distance the aircraft is off a desired course in either
direction, left or right.
dBZ decibels ‘Z’ (radar return)
deg degree
Desired Track The desired course between the active “from” and “to”
waypoints.
DIS distance