Aircraft Acronyms
Aircraft Acronyms
A number of acronyms are used to refer to flight instruments and cockpit indicating systems.
Unfortunately, there is also some variation in the aeronyms used by different aircraft manufacturers. The most commonly used acronyms are listed below . A full list can be found in kasworld-Aero in next
Some commonly used acronyms
Acronym. Meaning
ADI Attitude direction indicator ADI
ASI Airspeed indicator
CDU Control and display unit CDU
EADI Electronic attitude and direction indicator
ECAM Electronic centralized aircraft monitoring
EFIS Electronic flight instrument system
EICAS Engine indicating and crew alerting system
FDS Flight director system
FIS Flight instrument system FIS
FMC Flight management computer
FMS Flight management system
HSI Horizontal situation indicator
IRS inertial reference system
ND Navigation display
PFD Primary flight display
RCDI Rate of climb descent indicator
RMI Radio magnetic indicator
VOR Very high frequency omni-range VOR
VSI Vertical speed indicator
A number of acronyms are used to refer to flight instruments and cockpit indicating systems.
Unfortunately, there is also some variation in the aeronyms used by different aircraft manufacturers. The most commonly used acronyms are listed below . A full list can be found in kasworld-Aero in next
Some commonly used acronyms
Acronym. Meaning
ADI Attitude direction indicator ADI
ASI Airspeed indicator
CDU Control and display unit CDU
EADI Electronic attitude and direction indicator
ECAM Electronic centralized aircraft monitoring
EFIS Electronic flight instrument system
EICAS Engine indicating and crew alerting system
FDS Flight director system
FIS Flight instrument system FIS
FMC Flight management computer
FMS Flight management system
HSI Horizontal situation indicator
IRS inertial reference system
ND Navigation display
PFD Primary flight display
RCDI Rate of climb descent indicator
RMI Radio magnetic indicator
VOR Very high frequency omni-range VOR
VSI Vertical speed indicator
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