Glossary

From PMDG Ops

bodronracco Here's a list of commonly used terms and acroymns in the PMDG and FS world. Feel free to add more!

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A

• AFDS – Autopilot Flight Director System.
• ALT INTV – Altitude Intervention (pushing the MCP altitude knob).
• APU - Auxiliary Power Unit.
• ATOG - Aircraft Takeoff Gross Weight.

B

• BOW - Basic Operatin Empty Weight.

C

• CDU – Control Display Unit (the pilot’s interface to the FMC).
• CLB – Climb.
• CMD - Autopilot ON (in PFD).
• CRZ – Cruise.

D

• DES – Descent.
• DME - Distance Measure Equipment.

E

• E/D – End of Descent.
• EFIS - Electronic Flight Instrument System.
• EGT - Exhaust Gas Temperature.
• EICAS – Engine Instrument and Crew Alerting System.

F

• FD – Flight Director.
• FL CH – Flight Level Change mode (pronounced “flich”).
• FLARE - Flare Guidance (In Autoland commands pitch to reduce sink rate).
• FMA – Flight Mode Annunciator (the strip at the top of the PFD that indicates active and armed THRUST | PITCH | ROLL modes).
• FMC – Flight Management Computer.
• FPV - Flight Paht Vector..
• FSUIPC - Flight Simulator Universal Inter-Process Communication ( a module to allow external programs communicate with FS).

G

• GE - General Electric (engines).
• GPWS - Ground Proximity Warning System.
• G/S - Glide Slope (vertical guidance of ILS).
• GW - Gross Weight.

H

I

• IFR - Instrument Flight Rules.
• ILS - Instrument Landing System.
• IRS - Inertial Reference System.

J

K

L

• LAND 2 - Degraded Autoland.
• LAND 3 - Full Autoland.
• LOC - Localizer (directional guidance of ILS).
• LSK – Line Select Key on the CDU (usually followed by a number/side – “LSK 6R”).

M

• MCP – Mode Control Panel (the autopilot controls on the glareshield).
• MGLW - Maximum Gross Landing Weight.
• MGTW - Maximum Gross Taxi Weight.
• MKR - Marker Beacon OM, MM, and IM (a low power beacon in 75Khz associated with ILS).
• MLF - Minimum Landing Fuel.
• MTOW - Maximum Gross Takeoff Weight.
• MZFW - Maximum Zero Fuel Weight.

N

• N1 - RPM % of engine power output section.
• N2 - RPM % of engine gas producer section.
• ND – Navigation Display. The inner screen that displays map and course information.
• NDB - Non Directional Beacon.
• NG – Next Generation. Nickname for the 737-600 through 900 series aircraft.
• NO AUTOLAND - Autoland Failed.

O

• OAT - Outside Air Temperature.

P

• PFD – Primary Flight Display. The outer screen that displays primary flight instruments.
• PMDG - Precision Manuals Development Group.
• PW - Pratt & Whitney (engines).

Q

R

• ROLLOUT - Track Runway (Autoland).
• RR - Rolls Royce (engines).

S

• SPD INTV – Speed Intervention (pushing the MCP speed knob).

T

• TAT - Total Air Temperature.
• TCAS - Traffic Collision Avoidance System.
• T/C – Top of Climb.
• T/D – Top of Descent.
• TO/GA - Takeoff/Go Around.

U

V

• VFR - Visual Flight Rules.
• VNAV ALT – Vertical Navigation MCP Altitude mode.
• VNAV PTH – Vertical Navigation Path mode.
• VNAV SPD – Vertical Navigation Speed mode.
• VOR - VHF Omni Range (Navigation System).
• V/S – Vertical Speed mode.

W

X

Y

Z

• ZFW – Zero Fuel Weight.