List of abbreviations: Difference between revisions

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| EAT || <u>E</u>stimated <u>A</u>rrival <u>T</u>ime

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| EFATO || <u>E</u>ngine <u>f</u>ailure <u>a</u>fter <u>t</u>ake <u>o</u>ff || usually resulting in a force-landing.

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| EICAS || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eicas <u>E</u>ngine <u>I</u>ndication and <u>C</u>rew <u>A</u>lerting <u>S</u>ystem]

| GA || <u>G</u>o-<u>A</u>round

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| GAR || <u>G</u>o-<u>Ar</u>ound

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| PAPI || [[Precision Approach Path Indicator|<u>P</u>recision <u>A</u>pproach <u>P</u>ath <u>I</u>ndicator]] || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Approach_Path_Indicator PAPI], similar to VASI, but more precise, uses four lights

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| PD || <u>P</u>rimary <u>d</u>isplay

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| PF || <u>P</u>ilot <u>f</u>lying || the person that currently controls the airplane, can be either Captain or F/O

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| PFL || <u>P</u>ractice <u>f</u>orced <u>l</u>anding || Practise approach carried out to a suitable field. No landing is made.

| RAT || <u>R</u>am <u>a</u>ir <u>t</u>emperature || the raw, non-corrected temp. as measured by the temperature probe. Errors due to the Ram effect (air compressed in the probe) and the position (air may be disturbed by parts of the airplane, and also due to the effect of the air compression in front of the plane) RAT may also describe a Ram Air Turbine; a device deployed into the airstream on large aircraft to provided minimum electrical power in the event of generator-failure.

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| RNAV || A<u>r</u>ea <u>Nav</u>igation || flying by longitude/latitude points that are not radio navigation aids, GPS or IRS is usually used.

| SID || <u>S</u>tandard <u>i</u>nstrument <u>d</u>eparture || for takeoffs, specifies the route from the runway to the first waypoint

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| STOL || <u>S</u>hort <u>t</u>ake <u>o</u>ff and <u>l</u>anding

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