GLOSSARY
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45-Degree Angle
:
(Entry into Traffic Pattern)
Actual Ground Speed
:
(Act.)
Actual Time Enroute
:
(ATE)
Actual Time of Arrival
:
(ATA)
AGL
:
(Above Ground Level)
Air Speed Indicator
Aircraft ID
Aircraft Type
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Aircraft's Documentation
"
"
Airport & ATIS Advisories
":
(Automatic Terminal Information Service)
"
Airport/Facilities Directory
"
"
Airport Frequencies
"
Airport ID
Airspace
Alternate Airport
Altimeter
Altimeter Setting
:
(Altimeter)
Altitude to Start Turn
:
(Start Turn)
"Approach" Frequency
:
(Apch)
Approach Speed
Arm
ATIS Code
ATIS Frequency
ATIS Recording
Base Leg
Best Rate-of-Climb Speed
:
(Vy)
Best Rate-of-Descent Speed
:
(Vy)
BLANK Flight Plan
:
(Paper Form)
Calculator
Calibrated Air Speed
:
(CAS)
Ceiling
:
(Cloud Layer)
Center of Gravity
Centigrade
:
(Degrees C)
Cessna 152
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Chart
"
Check Points
:
(Fixes)
Class A/B Airspace
Class C Airspace
Class E/G Airspace
Clearance Delivery Frequency
Climb Gallons
Climb Time
Cloud Tops
Cloud Type
Compass
Compass Deviation
:
(Dev.)
Compass Heading
:
(CH)
Crosswind Leg
Cruising Altitude
:
(Altitude)
Datum
Defense Visual Flight Rules
:
(DVFR)
"Departure" Frequency
:
(Dep.)
Departure Point
Descent Time
Destination
Dew Point
Distance
:
(Dist.)
Distance Measuring Equipment
:
(DME)
Downwind Leg
E6-B
:
(Flight Computer)
Empty Aircraft
Estimated Time Enroute
:
(ETE)
Estimated Time of Arrival
:
(ETA)
FAA Briefer
:
(Federal Aviation Administration)
Feet per Minute
:
(FPM)
Field Elevation
:
(Field Elev.)
Final Leg
Flap Extended Speed
:
(Vfe)
"
Flight Following
"
Flight Instructor
Flight Plan
"
Flight Plan
"
Section
Freezing Level
Front
FSS Frequency
:
(Flight Services Station)
Fuel Consumed
:
(Fuel)
Fuel Gauge
Fuel on Board
Fully-Loaded Aircraft
GA Tie-Downs
:
(General Aviation)
Gallons per Hour
:
(GPH)
Global Positioning System
:
(GPS)
Ground Control Frequency
:
(Grnd)
Ground Speed
:
(GS)
GUMPS
:
(Landing Checklist)
Heading
High Pressure Center
Icing
Indicated Air Speed
Individual Leg
inHg
:
(Barometric Pressure)
Instrument Flight Rules
:
(IFR)
Low Pressure Center
Magnetic Heading
:
(MH)
Magnetic Variation
:
(Var.)
Maximum Gross Weight
Mean Sea Level
:
(MSL)
Moment
Nautical Miles
:
(KTS, NM)
"
Navigation Log
"
Non-Tower Airport
NOTAM
:
(Notice to Airmen)
Notes
"
Notes and NOTAMs
"
Obstructions
Phone
"
Pilots Guide to Airports
"
"
Pilots Operator Handbook
"
Plotter
Precipitation
Proposed Departure Time
Remaining Distance
:
(Rem.)
Remaining Fuel
:
(Rem.)
Reserve Fuel
Route of Flight
Runway Heading
Runway Number
Runway Numbers
:
(Runway)
Special Equipment
Squawk Code
Temperature
:
(Temp.)
Time Check
Total Distance
:
(Totals)
Total Estimated Time Enroute
:
(Totals)
Total Fuel Consumed
:
(Totals)
Total Usable Fuel
Tower Airport
Tower Frequency
Traffic Pattern
Traffic Pattern Altitude
:
(TPA)
Transponder
True Air Speed
:
(TAS)
True Course
:
(Course, TC)
True Heading
:
(TH)
True North
Turbulence
Type of Flight
:
(Type)
Visibility
Visual Flight Rules
:
(VFR)
VOR
:
(VHF Omni-directional Range)
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Weather Log
"
Weight
Weights & Balances
Wind
:
(Direction, Velocity, & Temperature)
Wind Correction Angle
:
(WCA)
Winds Aloft
WX-BRIEF
Zulu Time
:
(UTC - Universal Time Coordinated)
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