Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), also referred to as Controller Pilot Data Link (CPDL), is a method by which air traffic controllers can communicate with pilots over a datalink system.
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controller-pilot communications
From pre-flight to landing, all Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) flights are conducted with controller-pilot communications.
Air Traffic Controllers mostly work in an aerodrome or tower to have a clear view to oversee the airport activity that they are managing.
Controller Training
All air traffic controllers work for the FAA and all must go through a screening process and rigorous training before they are certified to control airplanes.
Bus Controller: A term used to define the role of a device on a MIL-STD-1553 bus as being master.
Calibrated Airspeed: Indicated airspeed corrected for instrumentation errors, but not for air density.
Bus controller (BC).
Term defining role of device on a MIL-STD-1553 bus as being master; Compare: remote terminal; ...
radar controller - The controller in charge of a sector.
radar feeds - Electronic data transmitted at regular intervals to a radar scope or system.
Tower Controllers
Tower controllers direct aircraft that are taking off or landing at airports.
Departure Controllers ...
Controllers in the tower see this information presented as a color display of aircraft and vehicle positions overlaid on a map of the airport's runways/taxiways and approach corridors.
CONTROLLER ALTITUDE (CTALT)
A guidance control law parameter, generated by the vertical guidance modes; altitude that is being controlled Typical Units: ft; Dimensions: Length; ...
CONTROLLER-
(See AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST.)
CONTROLLER [ICAO]- A person authorized to provide air traffic control services.
Used by controller or aircrew when tactical picture has changed. Supersedes all previous calls and re-establishes picture for all players.
NM
Nautical Mile. International unit equal to 6076.115 feet (1852 meters).
The tower controller assumes full control of the aircraft as soon as it reaches the end of the runway it will use for takeoff. When the runway is clear, the tower grants permission for takeoff.
When tower controllers have received runway braking action reports which include the terms "poor" or "nil," or whenever weather conditions are conducive to deteriorating or rapidly changing runway braking conditions, ...
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER Ground-based personnel responsible for coordinating, directing, and guiding airplanes through their landing and takeoff procedures.
CCT- Combat Controller - USAF Special Operations
CDS- Container Delivery System - airdrop with cargo loaded on top of honey-combed platforms
CFT- Cockpit Familiarization Trainer ...
Electric Motor Controllers
Elevator
The elevator is used on an aeroplane to control the pitch. Applying up-elevator will generate lift on the underside of the tailplane surface causing the tailplane to move downwards.
ATCO Air Traffic Controller
ATPL Air Transport Pilot's Licence
C of A Certificate of Airworthiness (refers to the aircraft not the pilot!) ...
future air traffic controllers unplug, depressurize for human sex
Pushing Tin
So you want to be an air traffic controller ...
Mode-A A transponder which does not give the controllers altitude information Mode-C A transponder and encoding altimeter which together give air traffic controllers altitude information Mode-S A new "flavor" of transponder which features unique ...
You can also get wind information from ATIS, AWOS, and/or the Tower controller. As you get closer, you can see which runway the other airplanes are using.
At stake is the cost to run a branch of the government, the FAA, which has approximately 14,500 air traffic controllers watching over almost 3,400 airports in 316 ATC facilities throughout the United States.
Air Traffic Control is provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air.
Its purpose is to improve controller effectiveness and to relieve frequency congestion by automating the repetitive transmission of essential but routine information; ex. "Los Angeles information Alfa. One three zero zero Zulu.
Operations which include simultaneous takeoffs and landings and/or simultaneous landings when a landing aircraft is able and is instructed by the controller to hold short of the intersecting runway/taxiway or designated hold-short point.
The Main airport tower controllers don't appreciate what you're doing. After you've crossed the field, yaw a bit to your left so as to pass just to the right of that big Fernmeldeturm TV tower.
Remove the screws holding the controller stick's battery panel in place and install the 6 AA alkaline batteries.
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Remove the screws holding the landing pad's battery panel in place and install the 8 D alkaline batteries.
A landing approach in which a ground controller gives verbal guidance in azimuth and elevation to a pilot using precision approach radar (PAR) to monitor the aircraft's approach path. Still used by the military, but defunct in civil aviation.
The anecdote says it comes from a French pilot who said over the radio "Venez m'aider" ("help me") to an English-speaking controller, who only understood "Mayday".
METAR: Aviation routine weather report.
Transmitter (Tx) The hand-held radio controller. This is the unit that sends out the commands that you input.
Tricycle Gear The landing gear arrangement where the airplane has main gear and a nose gear.
Tx Abbreviation for transmitter.
When interrogated by ground radar, it transmits a return signal which controllers can use to identify and tag the flight on their computerized video display radar screen.
Controllers will then issue a 'caution wake turbulence' advisory and the pilot is responsible to keep clear.
Separation can be done in distance or in time. During cruise, distance is used and on arrival and departure time is used for separation.
Formally known as an Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), it houses the air traffic controllers and equipment needed to identify and direct aircraft, primarily during the en route portion of their flights.
Essential Air Service ...
avionic equipment ventillation controller
AFDC
autopilot flight director computer ...
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR) - A radar system which allows air traffic controllers to identify an arriving or departing aircraft's distance and direction from an airport.
AIS pod - The pods carried by aircraft at Red and Green Flag so that ground controllers and instructors can keep track of ACMs in real time
ALCM - Air Launched Cruise Missile
AMRAAM - Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, i.e. AIM-120 ...
AUTOMATIC TERMINAL INFORMATION SERVICE (ATIS) - Continuous broadcast of recorded noncontrol information in selected terminal areas, to improve controller effectiveness and to relieve frequency congestion by automating repetitive transmissions of ...
MEAN SEA LEVEL - Altitude in feet compared to the average sea level (referenced with a 0 altitude). Altitudes reported by controllers and pilots use mean sea level as a reference.
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information System): A continuous broadcast on a separate ATC frequency of an airport's current weather (updated at least hourly). Eliminates controller requirement to read local weather data to each landing or departing ...
Now, we have these back east, but they're usually a normal control tower staffed by contractors instead of regular FAA employees. In fact, the ones I've met have all been ex-PATCO controllers fired by Ronald Regan.
Positive control - The separation of all air traffic within designated airspace as directed by air traffic controllers.
The term is also used in the US to indicate weather conditions that are equal to or greater than minimum VFR requirements. Also used by pilots and controllers to indicate a specific type of flight plan.
The full span provides maximum high lift (flaps) for the entire wing and roll controllability (ailerons) at a minimal weight since both functions are shared by the same control surface (flaperon), with a simple mechanical ‘mixer' controller.
In radio terminology, the transponder is referred to as "Squawk". For example, a controller may tell a pilot to "squawk 0347". That means that the pilot is to set the code to 0347 and turn on the transponder.
These are only here to help non-pilots read my trip reports, although I try to make them correct, I may skip over something or simplify for my intended audience. See the FAA pilot/controller glossary for real definitions.
 See also: Aircraft, Flight, Pilot, Aviation, Landing
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