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Aircraft not in contact with an ATC facility while enroute to/from or within the designated fire fighting area(s). [3] [11] 1273–1275 US: Calibration Performance Monitoring Equipment (CPME) "Parrot" transponders. [3] 1276 US: Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) penetration when unable to establish communication with ATC or aeronautical ...
An IFF test set used by a United States Air Force avionics technician technical sergeant for testing transponders on aircraft in 2001. Model XAE IFF kit, the first radio recognition IFF system in the U.S. Identification, friend or foe (IFF) is a combat identification system designed for command and control.
When ground-based radar equipment [9] receives the IDENT bit, it results in the aircraft's blip "blossoming" on the radar scope. This is often used by the controller to locate the aircraft amongst others by requesting the ident function from the pilot, e.g. , "Cessna 123AB, squawk 0363 and ident".
An equipment code describes the communication (COM), navigation (NAV), approach aids and surveillance transponder equipment on board an aircraft. These alphabetic codes are used on FAA and ICAO flight plan forms to aid flight service station (FSS) personnel in their handling of aircraft.
The equipment installed in the aircraft is considerably simpler, consisting of the transponder itself, usually mounted in the instrument panel or avionics rack, and a small L band UHF antenna, mounted on the bottom of the fuselage. Many commercial aircraft also have an antenna on the top of the fuselage, and either or both antennas can be ...
Flight test instrumentation (FTI) is monitoring and recording equipment fitted to aircraft for specific flight tests. The development program for a new aircraft design has a number of aircraft each of which has tasks to perform for development and certification tests. They are each fitted with FTI specific to their allotted tasks.
AN/AAM - Maintenance and Test Sets for Airborne Infrared Equipment Designation Purpose/Description Location/Used By Manufacturer AN/AAM-4: Infrared Equipment Test Bench Harness; used with AN/AAA-4: AN/AAM-21: Cathode-Ray Tube Test Set: Texas Instruments: AN/AAM-29: Cryogenic Refrigerator Test Set; used with AN/AAS-14 [4] AN/AAM-30
Aircraft instruments (7 C, 93 P) Altimeters ... Electronic test equipment (3 C, ... Aviation transponder interrogation modes; B.