Open Flight School

Automatic Terminal Information Service

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Visual Flight Rules

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Angle of Attack

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Precision Approach Path Indicator

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• Standard Landing with 3° Glide Path

Transition Layer (TLYR)

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• OFS: QNH and QFE

Continuously Computed Release Point.

This is a calculated visual drop mode with manual or automatic weapon release. This mode allows the bomb to be dropped without loss of height as the point on the ground where the weapon will hit is continuously calculated and the HUD indicates when the weapon must be released. This is done by designating the target.

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• Explanation CCIP & CCRP

Head Up Display

A display device to project information into the pilot's field of view so that he can simultaneously keep an eye on the surroundings outside the aircraft / helicopter when reading.

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Up Front Controller

The Up Front Controller was introduced in the A-10C so that important settings can be made quickly without having to look too far away from the HUD. It is a control unit whose buttons control and input of settings to other cockpit units.

For the F/A-18C this concept has been extended so that entries can only be made via the centrally located UFC.

Inertial Navigation System (dt.: inertiales Navigationssystem = Trägheitsnavigationssystem)

alternative Bezeichnung:

INU - Inertial Navigation Unit (dt.: inertiale Navigationseinheit) 

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Identification Friend or Foe

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Hands on Throttle and Stick

HOTAS is the name for a control concept to increase flight safety, in which all control elements essential for flight performance are mounted on the Control stick and the Throttle.

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Horizontal Situation Indicator

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Standby Attitude Indicator

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Initial Approach Fix

A waypoint at which the standard approach procedure to an airfield starts.

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Revolutions per Minute

Definition: Rotational speed of a rotating object.

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Very High Frequency

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Amplitude Modulation

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Frequency Modulation

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Глоба́льная навигацио́нная спу́тниковая спу́тниковая систе́ма (Globalnaja nawigazionnaja sputnikowaja sistema) (Global Satellite Navigation System) is the Russian version of the US GPS.

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Attitude Director Indicator, artificial horizon. Gyro flight position instrument to assess the orientation of the aircraft in relation to the horizon.