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PFD

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PFDPersonal Flotation Device
PFDPrimary Flight Display
PFDProgram for Faculty Development (McMaster University; Canada)
PFDPublic Facilities District (various locations)
PFDPermanent Fund Dividend
PFDPelvic Floor Disorder
PFDPrairie Farms Dairy (Carlinville, IL)
PFDPattern File Disk
PFDPrefast for Drivers
PFDProduct Function Definition
PFDPrintout Format Definition
PFDProposal for Decision (public utility proposal)
PFDProcess Flow Diagram
PFDPfund (German: Pounds)
PFDPrion-Forming Domain (proteins)
PFDPower Flux Density (electrical engineering)
PFDPhase Frequency Detector (electronics)
PFDPrimary Frontal Dune (flooding)
PFDProposed Final Draft
PFDProbability of Failure on Demand
PFDPelvic Floor Dysfunction
PFDPhoenix Fire Department (Phoenix, AZ)
PFDPhiladelphia Fire Department
PFDPartners for Development (Silver Spring, MD)
PFDPrepared For Dyeing
PFDParker Fire District (Parker, CO)
PFDPublic Forum Debate
PFDPolyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia
PFDProgrammable Frequency Divider
PFDPrivolzhsky Federal District (Russia; aka Volga Region)
PFDPresent For Duty
PFDPortland Fire Department
PFDPersonal, Fatigue and Delay
PFDPhysical Facilities Department
PFDPhysical Fitness Diagnostic (US Air Force ROTC)
PFDPartnerships for Finance and Development
PFDPartido Fuerza Democrática (Democratic Force Party, Costa Rica)
PFDPhase Frequency Discriminator
PFDProcess Flow Design
PFDPartial Fractions Decomposition (calculus)
PFDProduction, Fielding/Deployment
PFDPreparation for Demonstration
PFDPresidio Fire Department
PFDPatron Fare Display
PFDPittsburgh Fire Department
PFDPassive Frequency Doubler
PFDPseudoinflammatory Fundus Dystrophy
PFDPenticton Fire Department
PFDPromo-Femmes/Développement Sport (Burkina Faso)
PFDProbability-of-error Fault Detection
PFDPolicy Formulation Division (DCAA)
PFDPlug Flow with Dispersion (environmental science)
PFDPuyallup Fire Department (Washington)
PFDPlandome Fire Department (Plandome, NY)
PFDProfit from Differences
PFDPropellant Fill Drain Valve
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References in periodicals archive
Perspective format for a primary flight display (ADI) and its effect on pilot spatial awareness.
Another fault occurred when the crew noticed the aircraft's primary flight display was not working properly and the captain ordered the computer to be shut down.
The more capable AV-30 retails for $1595 and for the higher price, you get a full-featured primary flight display with some planned autopilot functionality.
I find that pilots feel a little disoriented even when using the reversionary mode of glass-panel indicators, for instance moving the primary flight display to the second, multifunction display on a G1000 panel.
When the pilot caught the deviation, our VSI was about 2,000 fpm down, and our radalt annunciator was flashing in the pilot and copilot primary flight display (PFD) (the current software does not have an associated tone).
Active autoflight modes are displayed as green alphanumeric indications in three columns on the primary flight display (PFD; Figure 2).
The G3X Touch is a complete PFD (primary flight display) and MFD (multifunction display) with split-screen capability.
(1) An electronic Primary Flight Display (PFD) that includes, at a minimum, an airspeed indicator, turn coordinator, attitude indicator, heading indicator, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator;
The panel in our V35B Bonanza is well equipped for instrument flight, with Garmin navigators and an Aspen Evolution EFD1000 Pro primary flight display. But, I also wanted to add ADS-B traffic and weather information, and a way to carry instrument charts electronically without compromising safety.
The system provides directive aural commands, such as, "Roll right, roll right," and "Pull up, pull up." Also, a visual cue, such as an arrow, appears on the primary flight display.
In contrast, pilots in the tactile-visual condition were required to direct or redirect their visual attention to the flight mode annunciations on the primary flight display for identification purposes after they were alerted to the transition by the tactile cue.
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