FBW Fly-By-Wire
FC Foot.Candles
FCA Functional Configuration Audit
FCAF Flight Data Acquisition
FC-AV Fibre.Channel-Audio.Video
FCC (.1.).Federal.Communications.Commission..
(.2.).Flight.Control.Computer
FCDC Flight.Critical.dc
FCOM Flight Crew Operating Manual
FCP (.1.).Flight.Control.Panel..
(.2.).Flight.Control.Processor FCS (.1.).Flight.Control.System..
( 2 ) Frame Check Sequence
FD (.1.).Final.Data.. (.2.).Flight.Director.. (.3.).Flight.Dynamics.. (.4.).Forward.Display
FDAF Flight Data Acquisition Function FDAU Flight Data Acquisition Unit FDB Flight.Plan.Data.Bank FDE (.1.).Flight.Detection.Exclusion..
(.2.).Flight.Deck.Enhancement
FDDI Fiber.Distributed.Data.Interface
FDEP Flight.Data.Entry.Panel
FDH Flight.Deck.Handset
FDI Fault.Detection.and.Isolation
FDIO Flight Data Input/Output
FDM Frequency Division Multiplex. A system where the
messages.are.transmitted.over.a.common.path.
by employing a different frequency band for each
signal.
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDPS Flight.Data.Processing.System
FDR Flight.Data.Recorder
FDRS Flight.Data.Recorder.System
FDS Flight.Display.System
FDU Flux.Detector.Unit
FEATS Future European Air Traffic Management System
FEC Forward.Error.Correction
FEP Front.End.Processor
FF Fuel.Flow
FFSC Free.Flight.Steering.Committee
FGC Flight.Guidance.Computer
FGP Flight.Guidance.Panel:.A.LRU.used.for.controlling.
the modes of the flight director.
FGS Flight.Guidance.System
FHA (.1.).Functional.Hazard.Assessment/Analysis.. (.2.).Fault.Hazard.Assessment
FHSS Frequency Hopped Spread Spectrum FHW Fault.History.Word FIB Forwarding.Information.Base FIFO First In , First Out FIM Fault.Isolation.Manual FIR Flight.Information.Region FIS (.1.).Flight.Information.Service..
(.2.).Flight.Information.System.. (.3.).Flight.Instrument.System FIS-B Flight.Information.Services-Broadcast FIX Position in space, usually on aircraft’s flight plan
FL (.1.).Flight.Level.(as.in.FL.410.)..This.terminology. is.used.to.describe.aircraft.attitude.when.the. altimeter.is.set.at.QNE... (.2.).Foot.Lambert
FL 0 Flight.Level.180:.The.transition.altitude.(18,000.ft). for.the.United.States..At.this.altitude,.the.pilot.sets. the.barometric.correction.to.standard.atmospheric. pressure.(29.92.in-Hg).
FLCH Flight.Level.Change FLIR Forward.Looking.Infra-Red FLM Flight.Line.Maintenance FLT Flight FLTA Forward.Looking.Terrain.Avoidance FLTCTRL Flight.Control FLTINST Flight.Instrument FLW Forward.Looking.Windshear.Radar FM ( 1 ) Frequency Modulation .
(.2.).Flight.Management FMA Flight.Mode.Annunciator FMC (.1.).Flight.Director.Control.(FD).
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