flight instrument
1flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft. * * * flight instrument, any instrument in an aircraft that indicates the altitude, attitude, air speed, climb, drift, or direction of an… …
2flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft. * * * …
3Electronic Flight Instrument System — An electronic flight instrument system, or EFIS, is a flight deck instrument display system in which the display technology used is electronic rather than electromechanical. EFIS normally consist of a primary flight display (PFD), multi function… …
4Electronic Flight Instrument System — EFIS eines Airbus A319 Das Electronic Flight Instrument System (englisch; abgekürzt EFIS, deutsch Elektronisches Fluginstrumentensystem) bezeichnet eine Gruppe von konfigurierbaren Multifunktions Displays (MFD) im Cockpit eines Flugzeugs,… …
5electronic flight instrument system — A system in which multifunction CRT (cathode ray tube) displays replace traditional instruments for providing flight, navigation, and aircraft systems information, forming a so called glass cockpit. These are common in modern day commercial… …
6Flight 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… …
7Flight data recorder — An example of a flight data recorder; the underwater locator beacon is the small cylinder on the far right. (English translation of warning message: FLIGHT RECORDER DO NOT OPEN) …
8instrument flight — noun : an airplane flight made on instruments : blind flight * * * instrument flight, a flight in which navigation is based on the readings from instruments within the aircraft, as at night …
9Flight management system — A flight management system or FMS is a computerized avionics component found on most commercial and business aircraft to assist pilots in navigation, flight planning, and aircraft control functions.It is considered to be composed of three major… …
10flight director — i. A flight instrument akin to an attitude director, indicating aircraft parameters in the roll, yaw, and pitch. ii. The panel controller for the autopilot …
