Acronyms Flashcards
(26 cards)
paper-based drone registration process
14 CFR Part 47
stream-line, web-based process for vast majority of drone pilots to register their drones
14 CFR Part 48
the FAA rules that govern Alcohol, Drugs and Physiology
14 CFR Part 91
height above the ground over which you’re flying
AGL (Above Ground Level)
publication offered by FAA to inform public of non regulatory material
AC (Advisory Circular)
air to ground communication facilities with low volume general aviation traffic where no control tower is active
UNICOM (Aeronautical Advisory Stations)
systematic mental approach to consistently determine best course of action in a given situation
ADM (Aeronautical Decision-Making)
FAA official guide to basic flight information and Air Traffic Control procedures
AIM (Aeronautical Information Manual)
FAA exam required to become a Remote Pilot in Command for a Small Unmanned Aircraft System
Aeronautical Knowledge Test for PIC
responsible for providing safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic at airports
ATC (Air Traffic Control)
weather advisory that contains information about weather events that are potentially unsafe
AIRMET (Airmen’s Meterological Information)
broadcast module used by manner aircraft to provide real-time situational awareness for pilots and control towers
ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Out
continuous broadcast of recorded aeronautical information for busier airports
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Service)
observation of current surface weather reported (typically hourly) in a standard international format
METAR (Aviation Routine Weather Report)
smartphone app from FAA helps unmanned aircraft operators to determine restrictions or requirements where they want to fly
B4UFLY app
the point at which your aircraft would perfectly balance if it were suspended at that point
CG (Center of Gravity)
allows sUAS operation to deviate from provisions of Part 107 as long as FAA finds that proposed operation can be safely conduction
CoW (Certificate of Waiver)
an interface used by remote pilot in command or person manipulating the controls of the sUAS, a remote control
CS (Control Station)
spectacles or contract lenses
corrective lenses
art and science of managing all the resources that are available to the PIC
CRM (Crew Resource Management)
a record submitted to the FAA by the producer of a Standard Remote ID Drone or remote ID broadcast manual to attest that all production requirements have been met
Declaration of Compliance
a series of errors that leads to a human factors-related accident
error chain
book of figures and charts issued during the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Test at the computer testing centers and referenced I certain test questions
FAA-CT-8080-2G
(FAA Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement for Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Private Pilot)
geographical areas recognized by the FAA where unmanned aircraft not equipped with Remote iD are allowed to fly
FRIA
(FFA-Recognized Identification Area)