The list of aviation acronyms and abbreviations.
All aviation related acronyms and abbreviations.
NACA: | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(Flight, Aerodynamics) |
NTSP: | Navy Training System Plan(Navy, Aviation, Military) |
UT: | Universal Time(Astrophysics, Celestial objects, Astronomy) |
VFR: | Visual Flight Rules(Civil aviation, Aviation, Army) |
ADI: | Attitude Director Indicator(Aviation, Technology) |
ADIRU: | Air Data Inertial Reference Unit(Aviation, Computing, Technology) |
AFCS: | Automatic Flight Control System(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
AFFTC: | Air Force Flight Test Center(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
AGL: | Above Ground Level(Aviation, Army, Military) |
ASR: | Airport Surveillance Radar(Aviation, Army, Military) |
CAM: | Computer Aided Manufacturing(Computer, US Post, Postal) |
CDU: | Control Display Unit(Aviation, Army, Military) |
CMOS: | Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor(Electronics, Computer Security) |
CVR: | Cockpit Voice Recorder(Air transport industry, Air Transport, Air cargo) |
DEW: | Distant Early Warning(CANADIAN, Canada, Armed Forces) |
DFRC: | Dryden Flight Research Center(Flight, Aerodynamics, Aviation) |
DH: | Decision Height(Aviation, Technology) |
EASA: | European Aviation Safety Agency(Flight, Aerodynamics, Meterology) |
ECM: | Electronic Counter Measures(World War II, Armed Forces, Royal military) |
ECS: | Environmental Control System(Aviation, Telecommunications, Military) |
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