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The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary Second Edition Bill Gunston, obe, fraes
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Page 14: Foreword whether or not an aerospac
Page 18: Foreword to the Second Cambridge Ed
Page 22: AA AA 1 Anti-aircraft. 2 Airship As
Page 26: AARL AARL Advanced applications rot
Page 30: absolute altimeter absolute altimet
Page 34: accelerometer accelerometer Device
Page 38: achromatic achromatic Transmitting
Page 42: ACSG ACSG 1 Armament computer symbo
Page 46: Adams Adams 1 Aircraft dispatch and
Page 50: ADLFP 5 Aeronautical data-link. 6 A
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aerodynamic-balance panel aerodynam
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aeroplane (US = airplane) aeroplane
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AFCLC AFCLC Air Force Contract Law
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AFRA 2 Air Force Regulation (USAF).
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AGEPL weapon able to destroy chemic
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AIFS AIFS Advanced indirect fire sy
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AIRC AIRC Airline[s] Industrial Rel
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airframe tuning Arguably, includes
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airport surface detection/movement
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air transportation oversight system
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Alert Alert 1 Attack [and] launch e
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alongside alongside Of a carrier, i
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alumina alumina Aluminium oxide Al
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ammunition ammunition Projectiles a
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analog computer in second colour (e
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ANLP ANLP Arinc network layer proto
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anti-friction bearing liquid over m
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AOTD AOTD Active optical target det
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APPA 4 Association des Pilotes Priv
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Apt 3 Automatic, or automated, powe
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Aresa 3 Aerial regional scale envir
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arresting hook, arrester hook area
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ASC ASC 1 American Standard Channel
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ASO assembly ASO 1 Air-support oper
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Astral renamed Application of Space
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Atcare 2 Army Telecommunications Au
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atmospheric entry Air/Earth current
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attenuation attenuation Loss of sig
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autoflare feathering propeller when
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auto-separation and collective, but
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Avometer Avometer Pioneer hand-held
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azimuth error azimuth error Radar b
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BACEA BACEA British Airport Constru
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allistic capsule] of multiple expos
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arometric element barometric elemen
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Batco Batco The British Air Traffic
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BDTF 3 Bypass-duct splitter. BDTF B
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end allowance bend allowance Additi
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idirectional cable bidirectional ca
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that is not only physically represe
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last gate compartments are part-fil
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lock letter block letter Suffix to
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BMTC 3 Ballistic-missile sensor. 4
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omb rack devoted to storage of ordn
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oron, Bo hole to precise dimension,
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3 Bearing. 4 Baggage reconciliation
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idgehead for arrivals or another fo
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uckling coefficient compressive loa
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urn in burn in 1 To enter data in E
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yte BZ duct. Also called leaky turb
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C-wing C-wing Blended wing/body. CA
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CAGE 2 Civil Air Guard (UK, 1937-39
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cam ring cam ring Ring inside crank
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CARAM 2 Civil aircraft research and
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case chute case chute See case ejec
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CB CB 1 Circuit breaker. 2 Chlorobr
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CCTS CCTS 1 Co-ordinating Committee
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ceiling balloon below 6000 m/20,000
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centrifugal separator centrifugal s
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CFROI CFROI Cash-flow return on inv
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CHB 3 [also chattering] any small u
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chromatic aberration chromatic aber
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circular milliradian circular milli
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CLD CLD 1 Cloud (ICAO). 2 Crutching
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cloud deck cloud deck Cloud layer,
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CNATS CNATS Controller of National
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COE COE 1 Certification of equivale
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combat mission (includes guns/ammun
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commutator 2 Transfer of current be
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compressor casing 2 Precisely, oper
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conflicting traffic potentially dan
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container delivery underfloor *, IA
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control-line aircraft 2 Connection
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corel core (1), disconnects drive t
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counter-pointer counter-pointer Dia
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C/R 11 Close-range. 12 Component re
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critical engine introduce changes w
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CRR CRR Cutover readiness review. C
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CSR CSR 1 Covert strike radar. 2 Co
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cup 2 Cockpit upgrade program[me].
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cyclic pitch cyclic pitch In most h
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DABS, Dabs DABS, Dabs 1 Discrete-ad
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DASS DASS 1 Defensive-aids subsyste
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DCO DCO Duty carried out. DCOM Dist
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Decca chain Decca chain Single syst
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DEI 4 Of mechanical system, minimum
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Dept[s] modulation and distance dow
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Dews Dews Digital electronic-warfar
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DIAP 2 Détection identification an
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DIMSS DIMSS Dynamic interface model
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Disco Disco Directional composite w
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disturbance valve, to compensated f
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DMMH/FH DMMH/FH Direct maintenance
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Doppler blade flash resolution map
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download download 1 Any load acting
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drag strut [e.g. by splitting into
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dropsonde dropsonde Radiosonde drop
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DS200 DS200 A directionally solidif
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Dufaylite Dufaylite Airframe sandwi
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dynamic heating dynamic heating Hea
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EADRCC EADRCC Euro-Atlantic Disaste
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eccentricity eccentricity 1 Deviati
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EDU 3 Electronic drop tube. 4 Elect
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EGTP EGTP External ground test prog
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electric RAT electric RAT Ram-air t
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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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isomers isomers Compounds having sa
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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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amp-to-ramp ramp-to-ramp See block
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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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eserve parachute reserve parachute
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Retimet Retimet Patented (Dunlop) r
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Revi combat aircraft or other store
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ibbon heater other aerofoil essenti
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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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aircraft (eg Aggressor role) takes
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Rosto, ROSTO Rosto, ROSTO Paramilit
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ow section row section Group of con
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R smc 2 Response surface model[s],
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ubbing strip members actually in co
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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
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