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CRT is a FAA Acronym for: Cathode Ray Tube
Related Definitions from Aviation Glossary
GSA
GHA
Military Operations Area (MOA)
ATA - Air Transport Association
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CRT - cathode ray tube (like a television). Used in flight deck displays of new EFIS, below. jets instead of conventional instruments. See also generation airliners, business aircraft and military ...

A form of CRT
EFIS: Electronic Flight Instrument System, in which multi-function CRT displays replace traditional instruments for providing flight, navigation and aircraft systems information, forming a so-called "glass cockpit".

Crosswind landings should be flown like video games in which the windshield is the CRT: if the picture you see in the windshield isn't what you want it to be, do what ever is necessary to make it right. Don't over-think it. Do it! ...

There's a thick desk with a sloped wooden board to put flight strips on, a 19" CRT serving as a radar screen and a 15" CRT next to it with weather information on it.

Navigation Display - The CRT or LCD display showing an aircraft’s position and planned route of flight.
NDB
Non Directional Beacon - A radio beacon transmitting from a fixed location that aircraft can tune in to determine their location.

Multi-function display (MFD). Small screen (CRT or LCD) in an aircraft that can be used to display information to the pilot in numerous configurable ways. Often an MFD will be used in concert with a Primary Flight Display.

MFD - multi-function display. An EFIS CRT offering selectable displays of weather radar, navigation maps, checklists and data other than primary flight information.
MH - magnetic heading ...

Instruments may operate mechanically or electrically, requiring 12VDC, 24VDC, or 400 Hz power systems.[4] An aircraft that uses computerized CRT or LCD displays almost exclusively is said to have a glass cockpit.

CRT - Cathode ray tube.
CSDB - Commercial standard data bus.
CVR - Cockpic Voice Recorder. Device that records crew conversations. Used in accident investigations.
CW - Continuous wave.

See also: Aircraft, Altitude, Flight, Pilot, Aviation

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