Military Operations Area (MOA) – Airspace established outside positive control area to separate/segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted.
MOA’s are established to contain certain military activities such as air combat maneuvers, air intercepts, acrobatics, etc
From the FAA AIM:
MOAs consist of airspace of defined vertical [...]
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MRO – MRO is an Aviation Term defined as “Maintenance and Repair Organization”
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JAA – Joint Aviation Authorities – JAA dates back to 1970 (when it was known as the Joint Airworthiness Authorities). Originally its objectives were only to produce common certification codes for large aircraft and for engines. This was in order to meet the needs of European Industry and particularly for products manufactured by international consortia [...]
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JAR – Joint Aviation Requirements - Prior to the creation of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) was responsible for publishing regulations governing the operations, maintenance, licensing and certification/design standards for aircraft. These regulations are known as Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs).
JARs had no legal status until they were ratified by national governments, but [...]
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An aircraft system which provides head-up guidance to the pilot during flight. It includes the display element, sensors, computers and power supplies, indications and controls. It may receive inputs from an airborne navigation system or flight guidance system.
Generally the HUD provides navigation and air data (airspeed in relation to approach reference speed, altitude, left/right and [...]
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The Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit (DFDAU) provides a means of gathering, conditioning, and converting flight data parameters to digital data.
The acquired information, both digital and analog, is output to the mandatory Flight Data Recorder in accordance with requirements of regulatory agencies.
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Type Certificate Data Sheets- Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) are a part of the Type Certification Process and contain information relevant to the certification of particular aircraft. TCDS contain information that is useful, not only at the time the aircraft undergoes certification, but as an ongoing resource for the life of an aircraft. Any time a Certificate of [...]
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Vp – The minimum speed required to start dynamic hydroplaning.
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Standard Operating Procedure – SOPs are universally recognized as basic to safe aviation operations. Effective crew coordination and crew performance, two central concepts of crew resource management
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Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) is the German equivalent to the Federal Aviation Administration. Additional German Aviation links are listed here
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