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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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- Page 404: dessyn dessyn Synchro (trade name).
- Page 408: DGES 5 Dirección General de Aviaci
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electrostatic storage electrostatic
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emissivity Thus, shipboard aircraft
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enhanced vision system ≤60 s aura
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EPCA 2 Equipment Policy Committee (
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ER tion to ratio of average beam lo
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escape spoiler extended (usually fr
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ETM ETM 1 Elapsed-time measure[ment
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EWG EWG Executive working group. EW
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extension contract 2 Propeller blad
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Fac 2 Forward Air Control[ler], now
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false ogive false ogive Rounded fai
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FAT FAT 1 Flechette anti-tank. 2 Fa
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FDL FDL 1 Full-drawn line (symbolog
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FFAM 4 Fédération Française d’
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field training detachment field tra
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FIPS 2 False-image projection, test
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fixed-price contract ations in whic
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flashing off flashing off Drying of
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flight crew flight crew Personnel a
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flight-training device floor locks
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flush antenna flush antenna One con
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FMQG FMQG Fuel measurement and quan
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Forcap Forcap Force CAP, combat air
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4midable common period 2L; when f(x
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freddie sures/directional gyro and
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frequency scanning frequency scanni
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FSDO FSDO Flight Standards District
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fuel dumping engine, usually trigge
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fusion main landing wheels; if temp
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GADS GADS Generic aircraft display
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GASP ward motion of moving parts, u
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GDB 2 General Duties branch, which
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GEOSS phere plus hydrosphere. Above
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glaze ice glaze ice Transparent or
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Goldstone of the induced velocity a
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grand slam grand slam Verbal code:
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gross profile Side elevation of air
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ground return rotor; potentially ca
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guidance system guidance system Com
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H H 1 Henry. 2 Total pressure. 3 En
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Halsol stored as liquid under press
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harness controls about each axis ma
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head-down 2 Cutter and positioning
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helipad complete Earth coverage, ea
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hi hi Flight at tropopause or above
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Hipas 2 High-performance precision
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holding off holding off In landing
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Hotac Hotac Hotel accommodation to
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HRP HRP Headset-receptacle panel. H
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hung round hung round Rocket or oth
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hydrograph hydrograph Hydrometer ha
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I I 1 Electric current,; see ampere
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IAT IAT 1 International atomic time
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ICNI ICNI Integrated com, nav, IFF.
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IEW IEW 1 Integrated electronic war
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IHDSS IHDSS Integrated helmet displ
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Imint 3 Initial maintenance interva
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independent overspeed protection 2
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initial contact frequency initial c
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integral stator machining and/or et
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International Accounting Unit (thou
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IOS IOS 1 Instructor operating [or
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IROC IROC International Requirement
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I/V I/V Instrument/visual controlle
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JAOPA JAOPA Jamaica Aviators, Opera
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JFDP JFDP Joint force development p
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JRDOD JRDOD Joint research and deve
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K K 1 Kelvin, used without degree s
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kGW, KGW kGW, KGW Thousands of poun
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Kovar Kovar Fe/Ni/Co alloy whose co
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LACM operations, and in most cases
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Lapads Lapads Lightweight acoustic
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lay off ICBMs by providing separate
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LDV LDV 1 Limiting descent velocity
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lethal envelope mainly with control
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lift index flap or other fixed or m
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linescan parked on flight-line and
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LMST LMST Lightweight multiband sat
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loclad threading fatigue-free wire
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low bidder low bidder Manufacturer
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LRO LRO Lunar reconnaissance orbite
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lusec path, tailored to wavelength;
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MABES MABES Manufacturing agent-bas
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magnetic compass magnetic compass T
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major join act to offset failure; h
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margin of lift IFR or VFR. DoD defi
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master engine bases are shut by wea
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maximum q highest altitude at which
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Mc/s 3 Missile control system, on f
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MEARW MEARW Multi-engined advanced
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mesh wiring mesh wiring Network ins
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Mg Ω 3 Motor glider. Mg 1 Magnesiu
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midcourse guidance 2 From missile b
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minimum break-off height minimum br
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mission control [center] aircraft i
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MMMP MMMP Multimission mobile proce
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modulated waves flow continuously v
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MOR MOR 1 Mandatory occurrence repo
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MPDI 2 Maximum permitted dose (radi
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MRTA 3 Multi-role turret. 4 Miniatu
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MTBAA MTBAA Mean time between avion
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multi-mode receiver ating modes wit
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N N 1 Newton[s]. 2 Shaft rotation s
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NAL NAL 1 National Aerospace Labora
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naturally aspirated naturally aspir
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ND point ND point Nominal decelerat
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Netma Netma NATO Eurofighter and To
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NIAC NIAC 1 National Infrastructure
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NLRB NLRB National Labor Relations
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noise (electronic) include LAX or L
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normal outsize cargo normal outsize
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NPPL NPPL National Private Pilot’
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Nucap Nucap Nadcap Users Compliance
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O O 1 Opposed configuration (US pis
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occulting Flashing, but with illumi
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OFDM OFDM 1 Operational flight-data
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OIT OIT 1 Operator-information tele
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OOH OOH Out of operating hours. OOK
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operational phase defining ILS and
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orbit improvement system orbit impr
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OSTD OSTD Office of SST Development
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overall pressure ratio excluding pi
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oxygen microphone oxygen microphone
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P A 12 Power amplifier. 13 Precisio
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PAM, p.a.m. PAM, p.a.m. 1 Pulse-amp
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parallel ILS parallel ILS Serving p
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passenger 2 Short tactical run or d
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PBATS PBATS Portable battlefield at
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PDG PDG 1 Precision-drop glider. 2
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PEPE PEPE Parallel-element processi
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PFFT 2 Perspective [prospective is
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photonics as distinct from electron
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pilotless aircraft pilotless aircra
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pitch trimmer pitch trimmer Scissor
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plastic gyro plastic gyro Wheel ass
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p m 9 Phase margin [coupling betwee
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point discharge graph whose sole pu
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pop-up alert identified and attacke
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power-assisted flight control outpu
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PPLI 4 Pulsed plasma thruster. 5 Pr
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Precomm Precomm Preliminary communi
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pressure gradient pressure gradient
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primary instruments member through
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production base which are identical
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propeller angle of attack propulsor
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PROV production; as far as possible
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psig, PSIG psig, PSIG Pounds per sq
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pull away 3 To engage arrester wire
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pushrod directional output interlea
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Q Q 1 Quantity of electricity, esp.
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QNM throughout, answer is equivalen
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quiet radar quiet radar Scans scene
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RAAKS RAAKS Russian association of
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adar range intensity, persistence a
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Radic Radic Rapidly deployable inte
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RADS, Rads RADS, Rads Retardant aer
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Rapide for near-immediate deploymen
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R B 2 Rapid-bloom (ECM). 3 Radar-bl
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RE 2 Radar-data extractor. RE 1 Rec
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Recirc Recirc Recirculation. recirc
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edundancy redundancy 1 Provision of
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efractive index radar radio/radar i
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Remap delivery with clearance for s
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Retimet Retimet Patented (Dunlop) r
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RIPP 2 Cord, usually manually pulle
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R-Nav, RNAV, R-nav known by ship na
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Rosto, ROSTO Rosto, ROSTO Paramilit
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R smc 2 Response surface model[s],
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RVA RVA 1 Radar vectoring area. 2 R
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SAAA 12 Swiss Astronautics Associat
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Safeway Safeway Proprietary deicers
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S&I S&I Safety and initiating. sand
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saunter saunter Air-intercept code:
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scanning generator electron beam in
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SCI SCI 1 Smoke curtain installatio
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scrubbing scrubbing 1 Lateral slidi
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sea disturbance sea disturbance See
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second source climbed less steeply,
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self-contained night attack self-co
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sentence 2 Basic combat unit equiva
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servo-assisted controls whose outpu
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SFPA SFPA Staring focal-plane array
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shear rate hull, showing half-secti
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shock spectrum boundary layer; ie i
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Si 3 Straight-in (approach). 4 Spar
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signal area 4 Any electronic carrie
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single-pass heat-exchanger Each flu
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SITREP, Sitrep SITREP, Sitrep Situa
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SLAM SLAM 1 Supersonic low-altitude
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slip pattern slip pattern Planned a
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small/medium enterprise small/mediu
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SMV SMV Space maneuver vehicle (US)
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socked-in software socked-in Airfie
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solids powder, multiple-rod or othe
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source noise 5 Verb, to assign a *
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spark erosion resulting in very lar
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Spectra right curved handlebars, su
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spin motor spin motor Rocket(s) imp
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two words, or one as adjective, hen
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SPT-B 4 Signal-processing tools. SP
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SRHit, SRHIT SRHit, SRHIT Short-ran
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SSSAR 3 Strategic satellite system;
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stage cost two staging units; somet
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Standard Beam Approach 288.15°K; M
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STAR-M which operate like human eye
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static test STC thermometer moving
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stepped climb stepped climb Climb i
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Stobar Stobar Short takeoff but arr
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strap strap Usual term for a double
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stretch press for stretch (1). Poss
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strut skin strut skin Load-bearing
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Sucsede Sucsede Successful user-cen
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supersonic diffuser defences. Now i
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surge point a plot of pressure rati
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sweepback measure, of time-base spo
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syncrude part of transmitted wavefo
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TAA TAA 1 Transportation Associatio
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2 Last aircraft in such a line. 3 R
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takeoff weight takeoff weight 1 See
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target approach point process of as
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Tc Tc 1 Tropical continental air ma
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TDST 4 Thermal diffuse scattering.
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tellurium such as rods projecting t
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terrain-avoidance system terrain-av
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TFW TFW Tactical Fighter Wing. TFWC
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thermochromic thermally induced rea
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3He 3He Helium, valency 3. 3LM Thir
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thrust horsepower only in highly su
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TIME 2 Training integrated [or inte
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tip loss factor tip loss factor Cor
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TMT 3 Tri-mode semi-active. TMT Tec
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topping topping Operating cycle of
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total terrain avionics cally and is
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T/R 7 Temporary revision (ADRES, CA
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traffic circuit conceived, exists i
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transistor amplifier connected to p
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transponder tango transponder tango
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triangulation station triangulation
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tropical conditions true bearing tr
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TSF ministry for civil defence, eme
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tulip valve burner at fuel pressure
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turn and bank turn and bank Traditi
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TWL TWL Twin-wheel loading. TWMS Ta
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U U 1 Overall heat-transfer coeffic
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UGSS UGSS Unmanned global strike sy
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UMV UMV Unmanned vehicle, from 2004
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Uniter length or other undistorted
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upper bramch upper branch That half
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USTB USTB Unstabilized. USTC United
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V-A 2 Axial gas velocity. V-A Volt-
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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