Acronymns
These acronymns below have been used on my AVRO Arrow pages, and may or may not be relevant to other aircraft or military systems.
| Acronymn | Meaning |
| A/DADR | |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding |
| AFCS | Automatic Flight Control System |
| A/M | Air Marshall |
| AMTS | |
| A/V/M | Air Vice Marshall |
| AVRO | A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. |
| CAD | Canadian Air Division |
| CARDE | Canadian Armament and Research Development Establishment |
| CAS | Chief of Air Staff |
| CEPE | Central Experimental and Proving Establishment |
| DDP | Department of Defence Production |
| DEU | Distinctive Environment Uniform |
| DEW | Distant Early Warning Line |
| DFS | Directorate of Flight Safety |
| DND | Department of National Defence |
| DRB | Defence Research Board |
| F/L or F/Lt | Flight Lieutenant |
| G | One Gravity (2 G = two times normal Earth gravity force) |
| G/C | Group Captain |
| GSC | |
| IAM | Institute for Aviation Medicine |
| IAS | Indicated Air Speed |
| ICBM | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
| IFF | Identification Friend or Foe |
| L/G | Lieutenant General |
| Mach | A measurement of speed. Mach 1 is the speed of sound, approximately 760
mph. Mach 1.5 is one and a half times the speed of sound. For a more
detailed explanation of Mach and a Mach calculator visit NASA's
Mach Number page. |
| MOC | Military Occupation Code |
| MND | Minister of National Defence |
| MIT | Massachutes Institute of Tecnology |
| NACA | National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| NAE | National Aeronautical Establishment |
| NAM | National Aviation Museum |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NM | Nautical Mile(s) |
| NORAD | North America Air Defence System |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NSSDC | |
| PFRT | Pre-Flight Rating Test |
| PM | Prime Minister |
| RAF | Royal Air Force |
| RCA | Radio Corporation of America |
| RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force |
| S/L | Sub Lieutenant |
| STG | |
| TCA | Trans Canada Airlines (now Air Canada) |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USN | United States Navy |
| V/A | Vice-Admiral |
| VP | Vice-President |
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