AVIA-5003 Advanced Avionics - Week 2 Flashcards

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering Multi-Function Displays, Area Navigation (RNAV), Flight Management Systems (FMS), and flight planning procedures from AVIA-5003 Lecture Notes.

Multi-Function Display (MFD)

A cockpit flight display containing multiple page groupings designed to present navigation, engine, and system information, with the Navigation Map as its default page.

Engine Indication System (EIS)

A system on the MFD displaying critical engine, electrical, fuel, and system parameters using vertical slider gauges, horizontal slide bar indicators, and digital displays with green (normal), amber (caution), and red (warning) operating bands.

EIS Engine Page

A dedicated page on the Multi-Function Display that displays comprehensive engine, fuel, electrical, and fuel calculation information.

Navigation Map (MFD)

The default page on the MFD used to provide situational awareness in flight, displaying moving maps, aviation data, geographic/topographic data, active flight plan legs, and the Engine Indication System (EIS).

Area Navigation (RNAV)

A navigation technique allowing pilots to navigate directly between any two points on the globe defined by latitude and longitude as waypoints, overcoming ground-based navaid constraints.

Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS)

A system that enhances RNAV accuracy using ground reference stations, master stations, and geostationary satellites to calculate and broadcast signal correction messages to receivers.

Flight Management System (FMS)

An avionics system that allows pilots to enter waypoints and instrument procedures defining a flight route, automatically calculating courses, distances, groundspeed, time, and fuel parameters.

Page Groups (Chapters)

Organized categories within an FMS used to group similar operational topics together on the screen, overcoming display size limits.

GPS UNRELIABLE NOTAM

A Notice to Airmen issued by Flight Service Stations when GPS signal anomalies are detected or when GPS testing is being conducted.

Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM)

A feature in GPS RNAV units that allows pilots to view predictions regarding satellite signal availability and integrity at specific locations and times.

Enroute Waypoints

Airport and en route navigational points manually entered into a flight plan by the pilot.

Procedural Waypoints

Waypoints that define published instrument procedures (SIDs, STARs, approaches) loaded from the database, which internal software prevents the pilot from manually entering or deleting individually.

Procedures (PROC) Key

A key on an IFR-capable FMS that opens a menu allowing pilots to select and insert published instrument departure, arrival, and approach procedures into the flight plan.

Airway Loading

An FMS feature that automatically adds intermediate waypoints along a selected airway into the flight plan based on an entry waypoint and an exit point.

Route Discontinuity

A line or gap inserted in an FMS flight plan indicating that the computer requires pilot confirmation on how to connect two route segments or procedures.

Mode Awareness

A pilot's continuous situational awareness regarding how advanced avionics systems, navigation indicators, and autopilot sources are currently configured.