Good Acronyms?
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Good Acronyms?
My shipping company recently lost all my Instructor notes in a move abroad and I am trying to rack my brain for some of the acronyms used to teach various aviation related topics.
The one in particular that prompted this topic is for the hazards of thunderstorms - I seem to remember ****WEL - is this familiar to anybody out there and if so help me put together the hazards?
If you have any more that would be useful for an FIC Board that would be good too!
How about Icing, Fog, Weather Fronts, Nav acronyms etc?
Looking forward to your input!
The one in particular that prompted this topic is for the hazards of thunderstorms - I seem to remember ****WEL - is this familiar to anybody out there and if so help me put together the hazards?
If you have any more that would be useful for an FIC Board that would be good too!
How about Icing, Fog, Weather Fronts, Nav acronyms etc?
Looking forward to your input!
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GIFTAR or HATFIR?
Thanks for that one Nick!
What about Nav turning points? GIFTAR or HATFIR?
Gyros and new Heading
Instruments T's and P's
Fuel enough to get home and next leg
Time for next leg
Altitude?
Radio call
OR
Heading
Altitude
Time
Fuel
Instruments T's and P's
Radio call
Thoughts?
Also heard another one today for remembering actions to recover from an unusual attitude - WASP
Wings level
Attitude
Speed
Power
Any more?
What about Nav turning points? GIFTAR or HATFIR?
Gyros and new Heading
Instruments T's and P's
Fuel enough to get home and next leg
Time for next leg
Altitude?
Radio call
OR
Heading
Altitude
Time
Fuel
Instruments T's and P's
Radio call
Thoughts?
Also heard another one today for remembering actions to recover from an unusual attitude - WASP
Wings level
Attitude
Speed
Power
Any more?
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Thunderstorm Acronym?
Very good Big End Bob - I have certainly said that one a few times!
I still need help with ****WEL for the thunderstorm hazards! Come on - somebody must know them!
..........and what is that one for remembering the conversions from IAS to TAS? Eye Eye Peter Rabbit...............etc?
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I still need help with ****WEL for the thunderstorm hazards! Come on - somebody must know them!
..........and what is that one for remembering the conversions from IAS to TAS? Eye Eye Peter Rabbit...............etc?
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ICE T Pretty Cool Drink.
Credit to Steve, our ATPL Instruments instructor for that mnemonic for IAS CAS EAS TAS then the corrections to follow the flow: Position (or pressure, don't forget instrument as well though), Compressibility and Density.
Credit to Steve, our ATPL Instruments instructor for that mnemonic for IAS CAS EAS TAS then the corrections to follow the flow: Position (or pressure, don't forget instrument as well though), Compressibility and Density.
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Did hear one for engine failure in a twin - but you'll have to give it a bit of latitude for not being in EXACTLY the right order...
Firewall everything,
Undercarriage Up,
Correct Yaw,
Kill the dead engine.
Funny thing, can't remember how to spell the nmemonic - andybody know it? Seemed to recall it was, apparently, the first thing that came into your head when you realised you head an engine failure.
Firewall everything,
Undercarriage Up,
Correct Yaw,
Kill the dead engine.
Funny thing, can't remember how to spell the nmemonic - andybody know it? Seemed to recall it was, apparently, the first thing that came into your head when you realised you head an engine failure.
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Hi Ferret,
Excuse my poor memory but:
S = showers (rain in various forms)
H = Hail
I = Icing
T = turbulence
W = Weather (gusts, unstable conditions)
E = (I am having a CRAFT moment and cannot remember)
L = Lightning.
Perhaps this will jog your memory. If it does, please let me know what the E is, 'cos it is driving me mad.....
BS
Excuse my poor memory but:
S = showers (rain in various forms)
H = Hail
I = Icing
T = turbulence
W = Weather (gusts, unstable conditions)
E = (I am having a CRAFT moment and cannot remember)
L = Lightning.
Perhaps this will jog your memory. If it does, please let me know what the E is, 'cos it is driving me mad.....
BS
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Hey Breakscrew! Good effort.
With A390's help we might be there with ****WEL! I am still not sure however about the S. Showers is a good guess but could not these have been included in the W for Weather. I have a niggling feeling that the S might have been for Severe downdraughts or something else severe?
I just thought of the one that we used to use to convert IAS to TAS - "Eye Eye See Peter Rabbit Charlie Elephant Doing Time" who ever came up with thath one I do not know but it seems to have stuck once I prised it out of the back of my memory bank! It stands for:
Eye - I - IAS+
Eye - I - IEC (Instrument Error Correction) =
See - C - CAS (Calibrated) +
P - PEC (Pressure Error Correction)=
R - RAS (Rectified)+
C - CEC (Compressibility)=
E - EAS (Equivalent)+
D - DEC (Density)=
T - TAS
Anybody want to have a go at these?
CADET
CDMVT
MFFHHB
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With A390's help we might be there with ****WEL! I am still not sure however about the S. Showers is a good guess but could not these have been included in the W for Weather. I have a niggling feeling that the S might have been for Severe downdraughts or something else severe?
I just thought of the one that we used to use to convert IAS to TAS - "Eye Eye See Peter Rabbit Charlie Elephant Doing Time" who ever came up with thath one I do not know but it seems to have stuck once I prised it out of the back of my memory bank! It stands for:
Eye - I - IAS+
Eye - I - IEC (Instrument Error Correction) =
See - C - CAS (Calibrated) +
P - PEC (Pressure Error Correction)=
R - RAS (Rectified)+
C - CEC (Compressibility)=
E - EAS (Equivalent)+
D - DEC (Density)=
T - TAS
Anybody want to have a go at these?
CADET
CDMVT
MFFHHB
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WASP........Wings level, Attitude, Speed, Power.....
Are you sure?
If you're in an unusual attitude with extreme nose down or up, the first thing is Power for you don't want to exceed VNE or stall? Then level the wings, then the attitude, then fine tune the power again depending where your speed is at?
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Compass Deviation Magnetic Variation True
Are you sure?
If you're in an unusual attitude with extreme nose down or up, the first thing is Power for you don't want to exceed VNE or stall? Then level the wings, then the attitude, then fine tune the power again depending where your speed is at?
Cadburys Dairy Milk Very Tasty
Compass Deviation Magnetic Variation True
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WASP is for Helos
Craggenmore - well done on the CDMVT - take a brownie point!
I think WASP was designed for and is more applicable to helicopters (in fact Wasp was a helo!) where power is less important in the initial stages of an unusual attitude, but plays a major role in the final part of the recovery - glad to see you are thinking about it though!
So how about CADET and MFFHHB?
The Ferret
I think WASP was designed for and is more applicable to helicopters (in fact Wasp was a helo!) where power is less important in the initial stages of an unusual attitude, but plays a major role in the final part of the recovery - glad to see you are thinking about it though!
So how about CADET and MFFHHB?
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Ferret,
Don't know why but CADET always lodged in my head as simply Compass to True Add East. No really an acronym but hey, I can still remember it after all these years.
I have always had a soft spot for my down wind checks though:
M - my
F - friend
F - fergie
H - has a
H - heavenly
B - bosom
representing mixture, fuel, flaps, hatches, harnesses and brakes.
Obs cop
Don't know why but CADET always lodged in my head as simply Compass to True Add East. No really an acronym but hey, I can still remember it after all these years.
I have always had a soft spot for my down wind checks though:
M - my
F - friend
F - fergie
H - has a
H - heavenly
B - bosom
representing mixture, fuel, flaps, hatches, harnesses and brakes.
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The basic principles of an engine:
Suck, Sqeeze, Bang, Blow
(Intake, Compression, Combustion, Exhaust)
In the US for instrument currency:
Six Approaches
Holding
Intercepting
Tracking
within 6 months
In the US, required information for VOR check:
Dog Poop Bear ****
(Date, Place, Bearing Error, Signature)
Lok
Suck, Sqeeze, Bang, Blow
(Intake, Compression, Combustion, Exhaust)
In the US for instrument currency:
Six Approaches
Holding
Intercepting
Tracking
within 6 months
In the US, required information for VOR check:
Dog Poop Bear ****
(Date, Place, Bearing Error, Signature)
Lok
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Excellent!
I always remembered the pre landing checks (for a Chipmunk a few years ago!) by the phrase "My Friend Flikka Has Hairy Balls"!
Glad somebody got CADET!
Keep them coming!
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I always remembered the pre landing checks (for a Chipmunk a few years ago!) by the phrase "My Friend Flikka Has Hairy Balls"!
Glad somebody got CADET!
Keep them coming!
The Ferret