automatic flight management
1flight management system — A computer system that forms an integrated, full flight communications and information management system that provides automatic navigation, guidance, communications, and fuel management computation. The system aids crews by automating many… …
2Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast — (ADS B) is a cooperative surveillance technique for air traffic control and related applications. An ADS B out equipped aircraft determines its own position using a global navigation satellite system and periodically broadcasts this position and… …
3Flight control modes (electronic) — New aircraft designs like this Boeing 777 rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight Aircraft with fly by wire flight… …
4flight control computer — A component of automatic control systems that has inputs from aircraft flight control surfaces and engine controls and outputs to the engine indicating and crew alerting system (EICAS) and the flight management computer (FMC) …
5Automatic Drive — was the trade name for Studebaker Corporation’s first automatic transmission, designed in conjunction with Borg Warner s Detroit Gear division. Studebaker was one of two independent American auto manufactures to invest in the development and… …
6Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast — Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS), zu deutsch etwa Automatische bordabhängige Überwachung, ist ein System der Flugsicherung zur Anzeige der Flugbewegungen im Luftraum. Die Luftfahrzeuge bestimmen selbständig ihre Position, beispielsweise… …
7flight, history of — ▪ aviation Introduction development of heavier than air flying machines. Important landmarks and events along the way to the invention of the airplane include an understanding of the dynamic reaction of lifting surfaces (or wings), building… …
8Air France Flight 447 — F GZCP, the aircraft involved in the accident Accident summary Date 1 June 2009 …
9Electronic flight bag — (EFB) is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper. It is a general purpose computing platform intended to reduce, or replace, paper based… …
10Instrument flight rules — (IFR) are a set of regulations and procedures for flying aircraft whereby navigation and obstacle clearance is maintained with reference to aircraft instruments only , while separation from other aircraft is provided by Air Traffic Control. In… …
