Drone Termss Flashcards
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AAIB
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Air Accidents Investigation Branch
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ADS-B
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Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast
(a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite navigation or other sensors and periodically broadcasts it, enabling it to be tracked)
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AGL
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Above Ground Level
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AIAA
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Area of Intense Air Activity
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AIP
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Aeronautical Information Publication
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AIS
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Aeronautical Information Service
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ALARP
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As Low As Reasonably Practicable
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ANO
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Air Navigation Order
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AMC
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Acceptable Means of Compliance
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AMSL
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Above Mean Sea Level
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ATC
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Air Traffic Control
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ATCU
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Air Traffic Control Unit
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ATZ
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Aerodrome Traffic Zone
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AUP
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Airspace User Portal
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BMFA
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British Model Flying Association
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BVLOS
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Beyond Visual Line of Sight
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CA
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Congested Area
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CAA
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Civil Aviation Authority
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CAP
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Civil Aviation Publication
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CTA
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Controlled Traffic Area
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CTR
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Controlled Traffic Region
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Con-Ops
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Concept of Operations
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CPL
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Commercial Pilot Licence
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CRM
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Crew Resource Management
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C2
Command and Control
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DAA
Detect And Avoid
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DA
Danger Area
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EASA
European Aviation Safety Agency
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ECCAIRS
European Co-ordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting System
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ENSF
Enhanced Non-Standard Flight
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ERF
Emergency Restriction of Flying
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ESC
Electronic Speed Controller
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EU
European Union
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EVLOS
Extended Visual Line of Sight
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FIR
Flight Information Region
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FISO
Flight Information Service Officer
| provides a flight information service (FIS) to any air traffic that requests it, or requires it
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FL
Flight Level
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FOD
Foreign Object Damage/Debris
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FRTOL
Flight Radio Telephony Operators' Licence
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FRZ
Flight Restriction Zone
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FPV
First Person View
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GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
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GPS
Global Positioning System
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GUI
Graphical User Interface
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HIRTA
High-Intensity Radio Transmission Area
| could potentially fry onboard electronics
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HMI
Human-Machine Interface
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ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organisation
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IOSD
Intelligent On-Screen Display
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IMU
Inertial Measurement Unit
(an electronic device that measures and reports a body's specific force, angular rate, and sometimes the orientation of the body)
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JARUS
Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems
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Li-Po
Lithium Polymer
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LS
Landing Site
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MAA
Military Aviation Authority
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MATZ
Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone
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METAR
MEteorological Terminal Aviation Routine
(Observation stations within the METAR (Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report) Station Network transmit their observations in the form of a daily METAR message. The METAR message is transmitted from 562 observation stations across the globe (airfields), this includes 131 UK stations. The METAR message contains observed elements such as cloud amount, wind speed and direction, visibility, present weather, and maximum gust speed.)
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MOR
Mandatory Occurrence Reporting
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MTOM
Maximum Take-off Mass
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NAA
National Aviation Authority
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NATS
National Air Traffic Services
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NOTAM
Notice to Airmen
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NSF
Non-Standard Flight
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OM
Operations Manual
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OS
Ordnance Survey
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PDRA
Pre-Defined Risk Assessment
(A PDRA is a shortened set of prescriptive conditions that must be complied with by a UAS operator in order to conduct a pre-determined type of operation.
In these cases, the CAA conducts the risk assessment, rather than each individual operator, and then publishes a short series of requirements (covering topics such as remote pilot competency, ops manual contents etc) that the UAS operator must provide to the CAA as part of a ‘shortened’ application for an operational authorisation.
Individual PDRAs are listed in Annex B of CAP722 at B1.3 )
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PfCO
Permission for Commercial Operation
(The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) requires all professional drone operators to possess a Permission for Commercial Operation before working for hire or reward, what is known as valuable consideration)
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PIB
Pre-Flight Information Bulletin
| NOTAM are available in the form of Pre-Flight Information Bulletins (PIB) using a live database
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PMU
Power Management Unit
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RA
Risk Assessment
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RAMS
Risk Assessment Method Statement
| a clear explanation of how you are going to manage risks identified during the risk assessment
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RA (T)
Restricted Area (Temporary)
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RAE
Recognised Assessment Entity
An organisation approved by the CAA to submit reports and/or issue certificates on the CAA’s behalf in relation to remote pilot competency
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RP
Remote Pilot
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RPS
Remote Pilot Station
The station at which the remote pilot manages the flight of an unmanned aircraft.
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RPZ
Runway Protection Zone
A rectangle extending 5Km from the threshold of each runway away from the aerodrome, along the extended runway centreline, and 500m either side - also to a height of 2000 ft above ground level.
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RTH
Return To Home
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SI
Statutory Instrument
a form of legislation which allow the provisions of an Act of Parliament to be subsequently brought into force or altered without Parliament having to pass a new Act. They are also referred to as secondary, delegated or subordinate legislation.
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SOP
Standard Operating Procedure
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SORA
Specific Operations Risk Assessment
developed by JARUS (the Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems) to provide drone operators a methodology for the risk assessment required to apply for an authorization to operate an Unmanned Aircraft System (#UAS) within the specific category
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SPOF
Single Point Of Failure
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STS
Standard Scenario
a predefined operation, described in an appendix to EU regulation 2019/947.
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SUA
Small Unmanned Aircraft
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SUSA
Small Unmanned Surveillance Aircraft
CANNOT be flown:-
(a) over or within 150 metres of any congested area;
(b) over or within 150 metres of an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons;
(c) within 50 metres of any vessel, vehicle or structure which is not under the control of the SUA operator or the remote pilot of the aircraft; or
(d) subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), within 50 metres of any person.
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TAF
Terminal Aerodrome Forecast
a concise statement of the expected meteorological conditions at an airport during a specified period (usually 24 hours)
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TDA
Temporary Danger Area
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TOLS
Take-Off and Landing Site
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UA
Unmanned Aircraft
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UAS
Unmanned Aircraft System
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UAS OSC
Unmanned Aircraft System Operating Safety Case
The UAS Operating Safety Case (UAS OSC) has been devised using the ConOps methodology to give a flexible method by which the applicant can provide the CAA with a safety argument for intended operations
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UKAB
United Kingdom Airprox Board
primary objective is to enhance air safety in the UK, in particular in respect of lessons to be learned and applied from airprox occurrences reported within UK airspace
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VFR
Visual Flight Rules
a set of regulations under which a pilot operates an aircraft in weather conditions generally clear enough to allow the pilot to see where the aircraft is going.
Based on the principle of “see and avoid.”
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VLOS
Visual Line of Sight
