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What's an acronym that you know but most people on AT wouldn't know?

LAHSO--land and hold short operations

other aviation ones off the top of my head--VOR, ADF, DME, NDB, ILS, LDA, SDF, MLS, RAIM, DH, MDA, NOTAM, TAF, CAVU, VASI, PAPI, ALS, REIL, CTAF
 
VSWR - voltage standing wave ratio
pps - pulses per second
ARP - azimuth reference pulse
ATCALS - air traffic control and landing systems
FTC - fast time constant
NEXRAD - Next Generation Radar
RADAR - Radio detection and ranging
EAB - Elevation angle bias
NRP - null reference point
DBSEC - Double sideband emittded carrier
SSBEC - Single sideband emitted carrier
PWD - pulse width discrimination
JEM - jet engine modulation (really friggen cool, worth looking up)
IYAAYAS - If you ain't ammo you ain't sh!t
DBRITE - Digital bright radar indicator tower equipment
ASR - area surveillance radar
DASR - digital ASR
PAR - precision approach radar
IFF - indentification friend or foe
SIF - selective identification feature
PUP - principle user processor
RDA - radar data aquisition group
RPG - radar product generator
PIDP - princicple indicator data processor
 
Originally posted by: Yossarian
LAHSO--land and hold short operations

other aviation ones off the top of my head--VOR, ADF, DME, NDB, ILS, LDA, SDF, MLS, RAIM, DH, MDA, NOTAM, TAF, CAVU, VASI, PAPI, ALS, REIL, CTAF
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You think there are that many users here who don't play MS flight sim? You'd get to know almost all of the above fairly well.

(Adding to that list off the top of my head - TACAN, VFR, IFR)
 
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