Honeywell GNS-XL User Manual
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List of Abbreviations & Definitions
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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