đGlossary
Acronym | Meaning |
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ILS | Instrumental Landing System |
ICLS | Instrumental Carrier Landing System, similar to ILS |
FLOLS | Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System, similar to PAPI Lights |
LRLS | Long Range Line-up System |
TACAN | Tactical Air Navigation System |
JBD | Jet Blast Deflector |
LSO | Landing Signal Officer |
CATCC | Carrier Air Traffic Control Center |
UNICOM | Universal Communications (Station) |
Bolter | A bolter occurs when an aircraft attempting an arrested landing on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier touches down but fails to catch an arrestor cable and come to a stop. |
CATOBAR | Catapult Assisted Take-off But Arrested Recovery |
MIL, Military Power | Full military power is simply 100% throttle w/o using afterburners |
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