190-00728-04 Rev. A
Embraer Prodigy
®
Flight Deck 100 Pilot’s Guide
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APPENDIX C
Vertical Figure of Merit A measure of the uncertainty in the
aircraft’s vertical position.
Vertical Speed Required The vertical speed necessary to descend/
climb from a current position and altitude
to a defined target position and altitude,
based upon current groundspeed.
VFOM Vertical Figure of Merit
VFR Visual Flight Rules
VHF Very High Frequency
VI Heading Vector to Intercept
VLOC VOR/Localizer Receiver
VM Heading Vector to Manual Termination
VMC Visual Meteorological Conditions
VNAV, VNV vertical navigation
VOL volume
VOR VHF Omni-directional Range
VORTAC very high frequency omnidirectional
range station and tactical air navigation
VPL Vertical Protection Level
VPROF VNV profile, vertical profile
VPTH VNV path, vertical path
VR Heading Vector to Radial
VS vertical speed
VSI Vertical Speed Indicator
VSR Vertical Speed Required
VTF vector to final
W watt(s), west
WAAS Wide Area Augmentation System
WARN warning (GPS position error)
WGS-84 World Geodetic System - 1984
WPT waypoint(s)
WW world wide
WX weather
XFER, XFR transfer
XPDR transponder
XTALK cross-talk
XTK cross-track