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FFAM
4 Fédération Française d’Aérostation [ballooning;
office, F-75116 Paris] (F).
FFAM Fédération Française d’Aéro-Modélisme.
FFAR 1 Folding-fin aircraft rocket (2.75-in calibre).
2 Rarely, free-flight, or forward-firing, aircraft rocket.
3 Feel forces/stick angle relationship.
FFAS French-language rendition of ADSL.
FFATC Free-flight [phase] air-traffic control.
FFBW Fully fly-by-wire.
FFC 1 Fan-failure clutch.
2 For further clearance.
FFCC Forward-facing crew cockpit.
FFCS 1 Formation-flight control system.
2 Fly-by-wire [primary] flight-control system.
3 Free-fall control system (air-dropped ICBM).
FFD 1 FMS (1) flight data.
2 Free-form deformation.
FFDO Federal Flight-Deck Officer.
FFF 1 Film-forming foam (extinguishants).
2 Free-form fabrication.
FF/FU Fuel flow/fuel used (panel instrument).
FFG Code: guided-missile frigate (USN).
FFH For further headings.
FFI 1 Freedom from infection.
2 Forsvarets Forskningsinstittut [defence research,
Kjeller N-2007] (Norway).
FFIS Formation-flight instrumentation system.
FFK Full-function keyboard.
FFL Forces Française Libre, so-called “free French”
[WW2].
FFM 1 True-mass fuel flowmeter.
2 Far-field monitor.
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency (US).
FFMRRR, F 2 MR 3 Folded fibreglass-mat rapid runway
repair system.
FFN Far-field noise.
FFNAC Fédération Française des Navigants de
l’Aviation Civile.
FFO 1 Furnace fuel oil.
2 Fixed-frequency oscillator.
3 Full fuzing option.
FFP 1 Firm fixed price.
2 FOV/focus/polarity.
3 Flight fine pitch.
4 Fédération Française de Parachutisme [office,
F-75012 Paris] (F).
5 Frequent-flyer programme.
6 Free Flight Phase, followed by -1 or -2 (FAA).
7 Free-fall parachuting.
FFPB Free-fall practice bomb.
FFPLUM, FF-Plum Fédération Française de Planeur
Ultra-léger Motorisé [office, F-94700] (F).
FFPS FFP(7) site.
FFPVL Fédération Française de Parachutisme Vol
Libre (hang gliding).
FFR 1 Fuel-flow regulator.
2 Full flight regime, ie operative throughout each flight.
3 Full flight release (engine certification).
FFRAT Full-flight-regime autothrottle.
FFRDC Federally Funded R&D Centers (US).
FFS 1 Full flight simulator.
2 Fee for service.
3 Formation Flight System (Honeywell), or formationflying
system [a TCAS].
FIATA
4 First Flight Society [Kitty Hawk, NC 27949] (US).
FFSP Full-function signal processor.
FFSS Fire Fighting and Safety School (RAF).
FFT 1 Fast Fourier transform.
2 Full-scale fatigue test [S adds specimen].
FFTTEA See F 2 T 2 EA.
FFTx Fuel-flowmeter transmitter.
FFVC Forward-facing video camera.
FFVV Fédération Française de Vol à Voile [gliding;
F-75006 Paris] (F).
FG 1 Fighter Group (USAAF, USAF).
2 Fog, defined as visibility ⅝ mile.
3 Fuel-carrying glider (USAAF, 1944–47).
4 Formation-flying system [a TCAS].
F g Gross thrust.
FGA Fighter, ground attack (role prefix, UK).
FGAS Flight guidance and autopilot system.
FGB Functional payload [or cargo] block (R).
FGC Flight-guidance computer.
FGCP Flight-guidance control panel.
FGCS Flight guidance and control system[s].
FGIH Federal government in-house.
FGM Flux-gate magnetometer.
FGMDSS Future global maritime distress and safety
sytem, integrated with aviation satellites.
FGPA Field-gate programmable array.
FGR Fighter, ground attack, reconnaissance (role
prefix, UK).
FGS Fine-guidance sensor.
F gs Gross thrust corrected to standard weight.
FGV Field-gradient voltage.
Fg Wg Flying Wing (RAF).
FH 1 Flight hour(s).
2 Frequency-hopping.
FHA 1 Fleet hour agreement (engine support).
2 Functional hazard assessment, or analysis.
FHC Fluorinated hydrocarbon.
f.h.p. Friction horsepower [lost].
FHS Flight-hardware simulator.
FHSS Frequency-hopped spread spectrum.
FHU Force helicopter unit (helicopter portion of
detached autonomous force).
FHV Fuel-heating value.
FHW Fault-history word.
FI 1 Flying Instructor.
2 Fault isolation.
3 Fluid injection (TVC).
4 Fatigue index.
5 Flyaround initiation.
F/I Flight idle engine power.
F i Any inertial reference frame.
FIA 1 Fédération Internationale d’Astronautique. [F-
75015 Paris] (F).
2 Future imagery, or imaging, architecture (NIMA).
FI(A), FI/A Flight instructor, aeroplane [CAA] (UK).
FIAS Formation Internationale Aéronautique et
Spatiale.
Fiasts Fully integrated aircrew synthetic-training
service (RAF).
FIAT 1 First installed article test.
2 Field Information Agency, Technical (US Group
Control Council 1945–6).
FIATA Fédération Internationale des Associations de
Transitaires ou Assimilés [International Federation of
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