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Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual

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List of Abbreviations & Definitions

6-3

GNS-X

L

Flight Management System

Rev. 0
Oct/96

DEFINITION

FCF

Final Course (Alignment) Fix.

FL

Flight Level

FAF

Final Approach Fix

FDE

Fault Detection and Exclusion. Detection mean-
ing the capability of the system to detect a satel-
lite failure that will affect navigation. Exclusion
meaning the capability of the system to exclude
one or more failed satellites from the prediction
solution, thus, preventing a satellite failure from
affecting navigation.

FMS

Flight Management System - includes CDU and
optional RPU

FPA

Flight Path Angle

FPL

Flight Plan

FPM

Feet per minute

FR

From Waypoint

FREQ

Frequency

FT

feet

G

Glide path (Ref. to VNAV Altitude Constraint)

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GPS

Global Positioning System

GS

Groundspeed

HDG

Heading

HDOP

Horizontal Dilution of Precision

HLTH

Satellite Health (Good or Bad)

HP

Holding Pattern