Vocabulary index

A

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) (8)

aboard (1)

domestic flights (6)

advice (3)

downwind leg (4)

advise, to (3)

E

aerodrome beacon (12)

echo (13)

Aerodrome Surveillance Radar (ASR) (13)

effect (3)

Aeronautical Information Publication

elevation of aerodrome (2)

(AIP) (2)

emergency procedures (1)

affect, to (3)

Enroute Surveillance Radar (RSR) (13)

airborne (15)

Expected Approach Time (EAT) (5)

aircraft identification (7)

Expected Time of Arrival (ETA) (10)

airway (2)

F

aldis lamp (4)

facilities (2)

align, to (12)

fan marker (9)

alternate aerodrome (2)

fasten, to (1)

altimeter setting indicator(4)

filed true airspeed (7)

area of high pressure (3)

final approach (4)

area of low pressure (3)

fix (10) (15)

automatic data processing (14)

flashes (12)

Automatic Direction Finding(ADF) (15)

flexibility (14)

Automatic Terminal Information Service

flight attendant (1)

(ATIS) (4)

flight level (1)

B

flight plan (2)

back-up (15)

flight progress board (7)

barometer (10)

flight progress strips (7)

base leg (4)

front (3)

beam (9)

full-load (10)

bearing (8)

functions (7)

briefing officer (2)

G

C

glide path equipment (9)

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) (13)

go ahead (1)

ceiling (3)

Ground Control Approach (GCA) (13)

centre line (2)

ground speed (3)

Circular Polarization (14)

H

clearance (1)

hazardous (14)

clear of runway (1)

heading (1)

clutter (14)

headset (4)

cold front (3)

headwind (3)

compass locators (15)

hectic (10)

computer (7)

high density area (15)

console (4)

high pressure area (3)

contact, to (1)

holding pattern (10)

co-ordinate, to (5)

holding point (6)

counterpart (15)

holding position (I)

current flight data (7)

home-on, to (10)

current weather conditions (3)

I

cut engines, to (12)

inbound (10)

cruising speed (2)

identification beacon (12)

D

illuminate, to (12)

Decca (15)

inner marker (9)

deficiencies (14)

Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) (2)

device (15)

Instrument Landing System (ILS) (9)

dew point (10)

Instrument Landing System indicator (9)

direction finding (15)

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Note: () Indicates Lesson Number

(IMC) (3)

restricted area (4)

intercept, to (10)

revert back, to (6)

interference (8)

revolutions per minute (rpm) (13)

international airport (6)

roger (1)

International Civil Aviation

rotate, to (12)

Organization (ICAO) (9)

routine (7)

intensity (12)

runway edge (12)

interrogator (8)

runway in use (4) light gun (4)

K

S

knots (10)

scanner (13)

L

Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) (13)

landing sequence (4)

sector (7)

lateral separation (7)

signalling lamp (4)

local flights (10)

slashes (14)

localizer (9)

specify, to (7)

longitudinal separation (7)

spread, to (10)

long range radar (13)

stack, to (5)

Loran (15)

static (8)

loudspeaker (4)

stray, to (2)

low pressure area (3)

subsonic aircraft (6)

M

supersonic aircraft (6)

maintain, to (1)

synoptic chart (3) middle marker (9)

manoeuvre, to (4)

T

manually (7)

tailwind (3)

marshaller (12)

target (13)

meteorologist (3)

Terminal Area Surveillance Radar (TAR) (13)

microphone (4)

threshold (9)

morse code (12)

tower cab (4)

Moving Target Indicator (MTI) (14)

track, to (13)

N

traffic circuit (4)

nautical miles (8)

transponder (8)

navaids (8)

true airspeed (7)

Non-Directional Radio Beacon (NDB) (15)

tune in to, to (1)

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) (2)

type of aircraft (6)

O

U

observe, to (1)

Ultra High Frequency (UHF) (5)

outbound (10)

unaware of (1)

outer marker (9)

V

over (1)

vector, to (10)

overcast (3)

vertical separation (7)

overlap (14)

Very High Frequency (VHF) (5)

overshoot (9)

Very High Frequency Omni directional Range

P

(V0R) (8)

precipitation (3)

Visual Approach Slope Indicator System

precise (9)

(VASIS) (12)

Precision Approach Radar (PAR) (13)

Visual Flight Rules (VFR) (2)

primary radar (13)

Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) (5)

procedure turn (10)

W

pulse (13)

wake turbulence (10)

R

wand (12)

radials (8)

warm front (3)

radio navigation aids (navaids) (8)

weather forecast (3)

ramp (1)

wind direction indicator (4)

reading (8)

wind speed indicator (4)

reflect, to (13)

workload (7)

relay, to (1)

reporting points (2)