Aerospace Abbreviations and Acronyms

1. G&S
   Glideslope
2. RESA
   Runway End Safety Area
3. TAWS
   terrain awareness and warning system
4. V/NAV
   Vertical navigation
5. ICO
   Idle Cut-Off
6. ANSCII
   American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
7. S/N, SNR
   Signal-To-Noise Ratio
8. AFTN
   Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network
9. CANSO
   Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation
10. DR2000
    RFM Monolithics transceiver module
11. E-LSA
    experimental light-sport aircraft
12. fato
    Final Approach and Take Off
13. HPFTS
    Herschel/Planck File Transfer System
14. KC-135
    NASA's reduced gravity airplane
15. METAR
    Meteorological Aerodrome Report
16. MSTOW
    Max. Structural Take-off Weight
17. MSZFW
    Max. Structural Zero Fuel Weight
18. SESAR
    Single European Sky ATM Research
19. SMT375
    Sundance Multiprocessor Technologies DSP board model 375
20. SODPRO
    simultaneous opposite direction parallel runway operations

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