TRANSPORT|air and space transport|air transport
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- automatic flight control system | AFCS
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- Definition 1. airborne equipment which provides automatic control of the flight path of the aeroplane; 2. automated system for controlling the primary flight controls, often with built-in functions for guidance and flight director, and sometimes radio navigation; many flight control systems include basic instruments similar to a AHRS; many flight control systems accept flight director inputs so that its radio navigation, guidance, and flight director can be bypassed. Reference "1. Commission Regulation (EC) No 2042/2003 of 20 November 2003, CELEX:32003R2042/EN ; 2. http://www.helicoptercrashes.com/aviation-operational-terms"