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tropical conditions true bearing tropical conditions Various standardized conditions normally including ambient temperature at least 30°C (usually higher) and 100% RH, ie hot and moist. tropical continental T c , air mass characterized by high temperature and low humidity; usually unstable and associated with clear sky. tropical cyclone Rotating storm: tropical depression, winds
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The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary
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Foreword Gathering terms for an aer
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Foreword ‘Aided Target Recognitio
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A A 1 General symbol for area (see
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AAEEA AAEEA Association des Anciens
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Aberporth Aberporth Chief UK missil
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ACARE ACARE Advisory Council for Ae
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ACD ACD 1 Automatic [or automated]
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Acost Acost Advisory Committee on S
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active magnetic bearing active magn
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ADDS ADL ADDS 1 Airborne-decoy [or
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ADSI system in which saturation in
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A/E/R cross-sections at start of di
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aeroflight mode or from sea-level t
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AETC AETC Air Education & Training
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AFIS AFIS 1 Airfield/aerodrome/airp
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after-flight inspection or mixture
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AHD 2 Attitude/heading computer. AH
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air airburst 3 Air-inflatable retar
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aircrew equipment assembly Large ci
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AIRMET, Airmet normally issued loca
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airspeed indicator, ASI connected t
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AJ AJ Anti-jam. A j Nozzle throat a
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alkali metal alkali metal Group of
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altimeter fatigue of climb and desc
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Amdar Amdar, AMDAR Automated missio
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AMSA 5 Air [or aerospace, or aircra
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angels angels 1 Historic military R
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A-NPR, ANPRM Commerciale (Rome); ot
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Anvis/Hud Anvis/Hud Adds head-up di
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aperture card aerial, through which
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approach with vertical guidance app
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Arcads Arcads Armament control and
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ARMC fundamental to machine design,
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artificial gravity artificial gravi
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ASGC 2 Piloted aircraft, special/co
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assembly drawing buildings, docks,
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asynchronous lines meet at infinity
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ATIC 2 Anti-trust immunity [DoT] (U
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Atran thus ATR, ½ATR, ¼ATR etc; b
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AUF AUF 1 Airborne use of force (US
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automatic pull-up automatic pull-up
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AVAQ excess of critical voltage is
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AWPA AWPA Australian Women Pilots
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B B 1 Pitching moment of inertia. 2
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BADD avoidance distance measured al
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B&GS B&GS Bombing and gunnery schoo
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ase line, baseline base line, basel
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BBM. BBm 2 Bring-back load. BBM, BB
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earing chamber between parts having
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BF watch or instrument; esp. rotata
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iological warfare biological warfar
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lade element Royce, * is unshrouded
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lind rivet blind rivet Rivet insert
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lowout allow escape of part of air
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oilerplate boilerplate Non-flying f
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ooster brute force, usually by hydr
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ow bow Rhyming with go: 1 Curvature
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eakaway thrust 2 Altitude at which
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BSC BSC 1 Beam-steering computer (E
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ulk out in fluid under pressure; nu
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utterfly maximum continuous power
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C C 1 Degrees Celsius. 2 Coulomb[s]
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Cacas Cacas Civil Aviation Council
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Calow (liquid or granules); gives p
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CAPA 3 Various portions of parachut
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Carnot cycle Carnot cycle Ideal rev
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categories 2 For repaired runway cr
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CCC CCC 1 See C 3 with suffixes. 2
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C Dp 8 Continuous-data program. C D
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centimetric radar centimetric radar
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Cesar 3 Consumables, expendables an
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chamber chamber In liquid rocket en
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chined tyre merging into wing. On a
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CIGFTPR CIGFTPR Controls-instrument
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civil time civil time See mean sola
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climbing cruise, climb cruise climb
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C mcg C mcg Coefficient of pitching
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co-axial cable blades on same axis
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cold rating keeping relatively cool
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command ejection command ejection O
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component life component life Autho
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condensation trail rendering shock
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constant-energy line ground transpo
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contractor-furnished weight, CF wei
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Convl 1 Rotary machine for changing
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corruption gas-turbine flame tube,
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C/P 15 Control panel. 16 Conflict p
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CRCO CRCO Central Route Charges Off
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cross-deck cross-deck Operations by
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CS-A 3 Control-stick assembly. 4 Ch
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CTLA 4 Coal to liquid. CTLA Control
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C v 3 Compiler vendor. 4 Cryptograp
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D D 1 Total aerodynamic drag. 2 Dan
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damping factor 6 See yaw *. damping
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dBi 2 Downlink block identifier. 3
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DDT&E DDT&E Design, development, te
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dedicated dedicated Available only
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demounting any decision on procurem
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dessyn dessyn Synchro (trade name).
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DGES 5 Dirección General de Aviaci
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diffuser microminiature grids, or l
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direct frontal need to rotate to di
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dispersion error 7 Measure of resol
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DLF DLF Design load factor. DLFA De
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documentation 3 Process of manoeuvr
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double drift double drift Method of
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DPMC DPMC Digital-plotter map compu
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drip strip drip strip See drip flap
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DS DS 1 Data sheet. 2 Directionally
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DTU DTU 1 Display terminal unit. 2
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DV DV 1 Distinguished visitor (US).
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E E 1 Energy (but work often W). 2
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EATC 3 Engage and trim indicator. E
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ECSL, ECSM, ECSR 10 Enhanced commun
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effective helix angle EGT EFMCS Enh
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ejector lift ejector lift Method of
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electrometallurgy 2 Control of engi
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Emals, EMALS Emals, EMALS Electroma
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endurance endurance Maximum time ai
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envelope diameter 6 Volume of airsp
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equator equator Primary great circl
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EROC EROC En-route obstacle clearan
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essential items essential items Sha
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European Air Chiefs European Air Ch
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exit cone Thus * criteria, required
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F F 1 Fahrenheit (contrary to SI).
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FAFC FAFC Full-authority fuel contr
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Faraday waves Faraday waves Specifi
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FCCC, FC3 5 Flying Control Committe
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feederliner feederliner Transport a
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FIB Freight Forwarders’ Associati
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filter crystal filter crystal Quart
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2 Flight-instrument and subsystem t
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flamestat flamestat Sensor detectin
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FLID DADC outputting MIL-1553B, Ari
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flightpath recorder flightpath reco
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floor vents floor vents Pass used c
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flying qualities aircraft on ground
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Fodcom Fodcom Flight Operations Dep
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forming three baseline factors dete
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FP70 FP70 Low-expansion firefightin
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free streamline free streamline One
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frontolysis atmosphere or increases
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FTIR 3 Fast tactical imagery. 4 Fli
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full rudder, aileron or elevator fu
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G G 1 Giga, multiplied by 10 9 . 2
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GASC Ground Air Support Command (US
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Gatip 3 Imposing mechanical stop on
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general-purpose aircraft general-pu
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GIBEA, Gibea 2 GNSS integrity broad
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GMC GMC Ground movement control, or
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GPIB GPIB General-purpose instrumen
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grease grease 1 Lubricants based on
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ground delay program tion of downwa
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GSD GSD 1 Graphics system design. 2
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gust loading between maximum gust a
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hack Halon to same reduction in bri
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h ant h ant Height of ILS or MLS an
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h b 2 Aircraft category, heavy bomb
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heavy bomber density; most consist
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Hete Hete High-energy transient exp
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highly blown engine Krügers, trail
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HMGP 3 Heavy machine gun. 4 Hydraul
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horizon horizon 1 Actual boundary w
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hovering ceiling hovering ceiling G
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HTD 2 Heavy Transport Conversion Un
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hybrid RAT hybrid RAT Ram-air turbi
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hypertension bands, dividing each c
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IADF IADF Isopropyl alcohol de-icin
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ICB I-CMS ICB International competi
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identification manoeuvre 2 Light on
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IFPTE IFPTE International Federatio
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ILS integrity 3 Integrated [or inte
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IMT IMT 1 International mobile tele
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inert round inert gas, usually nitr
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in-phase in-phase Occurring at the
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intercontinental ballistic missile
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inverse-square law inverse-square l
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IPSE IPSE Integrated product (or pr
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Isatis 2 Innovative space-based rad
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ITA ITA 1 Institut du Transport Aé
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J J 1 Turbojet (US military engine
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JEFTS JEFTS Joint Elementary Flying
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jock, jockey 2 Jet orientation cour
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JTSTR JTSTR Jetstream. JTT 1 Joint
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KBU KBU Keyboard unit. KC 1 Kill ch
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kitbuilt kitbuilt Constructed by cu
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L L 1 Characteristic length of body
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land land Return to Earth or planet
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latching indicator latching indicat
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LCMS 2 Landing craft, medium. 3 Lat
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leapfrog leapfrog To delay one rang
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LGM LGM US weapon category, silo-la
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Limaçon Limaçon Quartic curve, r
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LIU LIU LAN interface unit. LIV Lef
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lobe nozzle lobe nozzle Jet-engine
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long-range delays in delivery (heav
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LPBA LPBA Lawyer Pilots’ Bar Asso
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LTA LTA 1 Lighter than air. 2 The L
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M M 1 Prefix mega, × 10 6 . 2 Mass
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Mac-ship 2 Multiple-applications co
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Maid/Miles Maid/Miles Magnetic anti
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manoeuvring factor From the origin
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mascon mascon One of the mass conce
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Mauve AIC maximum power altitude 3
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m.c. 2 Machine, colloquial = aeropl
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MDLT MDLT Mobile data-link terminal
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MEHTF MEHTF Multiple-event hard-tar
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Metro, metro health measures normal
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micro-adjuster micro-adjuster Small
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miligraphic display miligraphic dis
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minimum warning time minimum warnin
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MKSA 2 International Space Station
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mobile satellite system helicopter-
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moment weight moment weight Mass of
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mountain breeze mountain breeze Col
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M R 9 Magnetic resonance. 10 Microw
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MSIS MSIS Multisensor stabilized in
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MTT MTT 1 Multiple-target tracking.
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MUSPA MUSPA Area-denial mine, dispe
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NACA 9 NASA Advisory Council. NACA
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NASAO NASAO National Association of
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NCAA 4 Non-commissioned aircrew; IT
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megative-g valve tude) and pilot ca
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NF NF 1 French material specificati
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NIMS, Nims important where creep-re
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nodding nodding Deflection under ve
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NON NON Unmodulated NDB, transmitti
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notched cone nozzle notched cone no
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NSO NSO Navigation/systems operator
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NURK NURK Astronautics Society (J).
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OATA 2 Operational acceptance test.
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octane rating knock) or performance
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OFW OFW Oblique flying wing. OFZ Ob
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omnivision omnivision Uninterrupted
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open rotor open rotor Open propfan.
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optical landing system velocities a
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orthogonal scanning orthogonal scan
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outburst through on way to aircraft
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overshoot area approach; in US call
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P P 1 Generalized symbol for force,
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pad abort 4 Network of resistances
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PAR 3 Precision-airdrop planning so
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PARL purposes as waiting for correc
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path-stretching best approach/withd
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pcBIRD pciBIRD A 6-DOF magnetic tra
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PED PED 1 Program(mme) element desc
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permeability tuning 2 In aerostat,
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phased array phased array Physicall
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pickoff sensitivity pickoff sensiti
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PIRA, Pira 7 Parachute Infantry Reg
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plane plane 1 Aeroplane or airplane
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P-LOCAAS P-LOCAAS Powered derivativ
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pneumatic altimeter flow at low pre
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polar orbit polar orbit Orbit passi
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positive stagger disturbance (upset
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power plant, powerplant power plant
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PRAT, Prat PRAT, Prat Production re
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prepware prepware Software, usually
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Prestal proper combustion has been
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priority induction resulting from c
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Proj safeguard wildlife. Height ran
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propeller width ratio propeller wid
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PSA 2 Primary/search director. 3 Pr
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PTCHY 4 Passive thermal control. 5
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pure pursuit-course lead Course in
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pyranometer pyranometer Actinometer
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QAI QAI Code: “What is essential
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quadruplane quadruplane Aeroplane w
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R R 1 Generalized term for range [a
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adar bombsight moment of simulated
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adial struts radial struts Those co
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adiological defence radiological de
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RAIS RAIS Redundant array of inexpe
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ange bar range bar Bold, usually ho
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ated centrally above value, thus if
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RCR RCR 1 Runway condition reading.
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eal fluid missiles, RPVs and other
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ectenna rectenna Rectifying aerial
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eference line for calculating landi
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eingestion stall reingestion stall
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Repin (G) Repin (G) Replacement ine
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Resound 2 Magnetostrictive ferromag
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eversal reversal 1 Half a cycle of
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RFSS RFSS 1 RF surveillance system.
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ight ascension right ascension Angu
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RLG RLG 1 Ring laser gyro. 2 Relief
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ocket ammunition monopropellants (e
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oll rate muscular input [but emphat
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otor force of being dangerous, with
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R/R 3 Rain-repellant liquid. 4 Rain
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RTG RTG 1 Radiotelegraph[y]. 2 Real
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un-up 4 A composite tolerance speci
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S S 1 Generalized symbol for area,
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SAdO SAdO Station Administration Of
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Salkit Salkit Supplemental airfield
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Sartor, SARTOR Sartor, SARTOR Stand
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SBU SBU Sensitive but unclassified.
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scavenge filter scavenge filter Pri
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SCPL SCPL Senior commercial pilot
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SDFOV 6 Special Duties Flight [unit
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Sec[s] Sec[s] 1 Second[s] (contrary
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see-saw rotor see-saw rotor See tee
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semi-automatic gun semi-automatic g
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series burn 3 Mathematical expressi
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SEV 2 Stores ejector unit. 3 Single
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shadowing second derivative of refr
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shim shim Thin spacer, from piece o
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shoulder propelled shot (2), usuall
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side oblique side oblique Photograp
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silver cell requiring flight of at
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sinide tensile filament, normally w
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skin paint axis can vary from horiz
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sleeve valve ends and towed large-e
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slow-CAP slow-CAP Combat air patrol
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SMF SMF 1 Sintered metal fibre. 2 S
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Snipag Snipag Syndicat National des
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software-enabled control packs, esp
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Sopemea Sopemea Société pour le P
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spacer spacer See shim. space segme
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special technical instruction aircr
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spherical convergent flap nozzle sp
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splash lubrication splash lubricati
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spotting sible for immediate warnin
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squawk (number) squawk (number) Ope
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SSC SSC 1 Short-service commission
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stability margin one too fuel-rich
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stalled pressure (variable-sweep at
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standby item 3 Able to board flight
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static ceiling along interior of tr
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STCA 3 Supplemental Type Certificat
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stick-shaker speed force which shak
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storm cell storm cell Central regio
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streamlined streamlined 3-D body sh
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strobe marker 5 To select particula
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SUAVS 2 Strategic UAV experiment (U
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superboom different yard because of
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surface acoustic wave 4 2-D layer i
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SVF 2 Space Vehicles Directorate (U
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switchology and electronic later, a
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T T 1 Temperature, esp. absolute. 2
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TACP TACP Theatre [or tactical] air
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tail rotor zontal tail, to increase
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tantalum computer storing many wayp
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TASS 2 Terminal airport surveillanc
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TC/s 14 Transformational communicat
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TEDS TEDS Tactical expendable drone
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tephigra, tephigram Graphical plot
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TET major element of its design, co
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thermal diffusivity thermal diffusi
Page 1412: thin-film lubrication thin-film lub
Page 1416: throttle back admission to engine o
Page 1420: tic 6 Technologies of information a
Page 1424: time/temperature indicator time/tem
Page 1428: TLA TLA 1 Towed linear-array sonar.
Page 1432: toluene toluene Flammable liquid us
Page 1436: torque stand torque stand Test stan
Page 1440: Townsend avalanche though usually w
Page 1444: tracking for production of air-defe
Page 1448: Trakmat Trakmat UV-stabilized polyp
Page 1452: transmission transmission 1 Process
Page 1456: travelling-wave aerial travelling-w
Page 1460: trimode scanner liquids) located as
Page 1466: TSF ministry for civil defence, eme
Page 1470: tulip valve burner at fuel pressure
Page 1474: turn and bank turn and bank Traditi
Page 1478: TWL TWL Twin-wheel loading. TWMS Ta
Page 1482: U U 1 Overall heat-transfer coeffic
Page 1486: UGSS UGSS Unmanned global strike sy
Page 1490: UMV UMV Unmanned vehicle, from 2004
Page 1494: Uniter length or other undistorted
Page 1498: upper bramch upper branch That half
Page 1502: USTB USTB Unstabilized. USTC United
Page 1506: V-A 2 Axial gas velocity. V-A Volt-
Page 1510: vapour vapour Substance in gaseous
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VAT VAT 1 Value-added tax; applicab
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vector computer 7 In translation fr
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Verey, verey Verey, verey See Very.
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V FL V FL MIL/DefStan defines desig
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VIP levels 4 Vehicle improvement pr
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visual separation generated (but in
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voice-grade channel voice-grade cha
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V/P VSD 3 Vector processor. V RA Ro
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V TO 4 Visiting technical officer (
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Wagner function react loads as diag
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WASAA WASAA Wide-area search [and]
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wave trough wave trough Point of mi
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weathervane stability and for weath
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wet adiabatic 5 Structure is sealed
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whiskers strength is very close to
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Windpads 2 WW2 code for frequency-c
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wing skin wing skin Usually refers
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wooden round wooden round Missile t
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WSL WSL 1 Weapon-system level (prog
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XIR XIR X-ray image recording XL In
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YBC YBC Years between calibrations.
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zener current zener current That fl
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zoom Z 0 zoom 1 Abnormally steep cl
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Appendix 1 η (eta) 1 Generalized s
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Appendix 2: Powers of 10 Y yotta =
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Appendix 4: FAI categories For the
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Appendix 6: US military aircraft de
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Appendix 8: US missile and RPV desi
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Appendix 10: Civil aircraft registr
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Appendix 11: British military aircr
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Appendix 12 Maestro Mail Mainstay M
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