Glossary Papakupu
Explanations of abbreviations and acronyms.
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration, US Department of Transportation
- Fatigue cracks
- Cracks in a material caused by cyclic loading.
- FCOM
- Flight Crew Operations Manual. FCOM lays out the procedures and checklists for every phase of flight.
- FCTM
- flight crew training manual
- FDS
- The balloon’s fast deflation system
- Feeder Vessel
- Smaller ship transporting cargo to and from hub ports
- FEU
- Forty-foot equivalent unit - a container size measure
- Final approach
- A flight path in the direction of landing along the extended runway centreline from the base leg to the runway
- FIR
- Flight Information Region
- Firm landing
- A firm landing is harder than a normal landing but does not reach the threshold for a hard landing, which has a specific meaning in aviation related to the level of damage sustained by an aircraft.
- Flapping
- Movement of a blade in the vertical sense relative to the plane of rotation.
- Flaring the aeroplane
- Raising the nose of the aeroplane to the landing attitude.
- Flight controls
- The flight controls or control surfaces include the elevator, rudder and ailerons.
- Flight envelope
- The flight envelope in aviation is defined by various parameters and refers to the limits within which an aircraft can operate safely and efficiently. A flight envelope encompasses both normal and extreme flight conditions and is typically represented graphically.
- Flight following
- Flight following is carried out by OCC staff as described in the operator’s OCC Manual. It includes monitoring the location of a flight at all times and requires OCC staff to monitor, evaluate and distribute any important information to the flight crew, such as changes in weather at the destination or en-route alternate, with a focus on the EDTO portion of a flight.
- Flight instruction
- Flight instruction provided to a person by an appropriately licensed and rated flight instructor occupying a pilot seat.
- Flight Level
- Standardised aviation altitude referenced to a pressure datum
- Flight manual
- A controlled document kept in the cockpit that provides information about the aircraft, including system descriptions, limitations and normal and emergency procedures.
- Flight Safety Foundation
- The Flight Safety Foundation is an independent, non-profit international organisation for research, education, advocacy and communications in the field of aviation safety (Flight Safety Foundation, 2016).
- Flightcell DZMx
- The Flightcell DZMx is a voice, data and tracking system designed and manufactured in New Zealand.
- Flyaway
- When a drone is no longer under the pilot’s control, and it continues to move without pilot input. This is different from a drone that will stop and hold position or return to the operator in the event of a loss of communication.
- FMC
- flight management computer
- FMCG
- Fast-moving consumer goods often shipped in containers
- FOD
- foreign object debris or damage
- FOR
- Field of regard
- Fore and aft movement
- A longitudinal movement towards the bow and stern
- Foredeck
- The deck at the forward part of the vessel.
- FOV
- Field of view
- Frangible
- Easily broken
- Freeboard
- Vertical distance from a ship's deck to the waterline
- Freezing level
- The altitude at which the temperature is at 0°C in a free atmosphere (the freezing point of water).
- Freight Wagon
- Rail vehicle designed to carry goods
- Frog
- Part of a railway turnout where tracks intersect
- ft
- feet
- Fuel low-pressure light
- A light on an instrument panel designed to gain a pilot’s attention and direct them to an area of concern.
- Full stop
- A full-stop landing brings the aircraft to taxi speed and then taxis clear of the runway