COMBAT AND COMPETITION.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

GLOSSARY
a) lack of aerodynamic damping and adverse roll/yaw coupling with
highly swept wings operating over an increasing range of heights and
speeds - leading to an autostabiliser requirement and
b) the added workload from equipment such as pilot operated radar and
guided weapons - creating a need for autopilot assistance.
3. V.S.I. Vertical Speed Indicator.
4. A.I. Airborne Interception (Radar).
5. Full Authority Autopilot. Capable of applying the same control
movements as the pilot. On a fully integrated electrohydraulic system,
like the NA 39, the electrical demands of the autopilot are fed directly to
the power controls which drive the control surfaces and the pilot's
controls against the artificial feel.
6. P.P.L. Private Pilot's Licence.
7. C.A.S. Chief of the Air Staff.
8. I.L.S. Coupling. An approach, using the Instrument Landing System,
with the autopilot and possibly the autothrottle engaged.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
1. Correspondent. Rolls Royce seemed to insist on giving their agents this
title. Although how their role and remuneration differed in practice was
not clear to outsiders.
2. Autoflare. A manoeuvre under automatic control, at the end of a coupled
approach, which pitches the aircraft into level flight as it approaches the
runway threshold. Lateral control for the landing is carried out manually.
3. A somebody in the Kriegsmarine. He had been a corporal in the
Wehrmacht!
4. N.A.T.O North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
5. V.T.O.L. Vertical Take Off and Landing.
6. S.H.A.P.E. Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe.
7. V.S.T.O.L. Very Short Take Off and Landing.
8. B.L.E.U. Blind Landing Experimental Unit.
9. G.C.A. Ground Controlled Approach.
10. Cat 3C. No cloud base and zero Runway Visual Range - literally
Zero/Zero conditions.
11. S.F.E.N. A. Societe Francaise d'Equipment pour la Navigation Aerienne.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
1. S and G. Sailplane and Gliding.
2. Permanent I.F.R. All aircraft and gliders operating in these conditions
must file a flight plan, remain in continuous radio contact with A.T.C.
and obey all instructions precisely.
3. B.A.L.P.A. British Airline Pilots Association.
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