Air Training Corps Terms
Just to help you get to grips with all the jargon, here are a few important terms you'll come across.
ACP - Air Cadet Publication
AEF - Air Experience Flight
AEG - Air Experience Gliding
ATC - Air Training Corps, Air Traffic Control
AWO - Adult Warrant Officer
AWOL - Absent Without Leave
C - Celsius (temperature) or compass.
Cdt - Cadet
CI - Civilian Instructor
CO - Commanding Officer
Cpl - Corporal
CWO - Cadet Warrant Officer
DF - Detached Flight
Eqpt - Equipment
Fg Off - Flying Officer
Flt - Flight
Flt Cdr - Flight Commander
Flt Lt - Flight Lieutenant
FS - Flight Sergeant
GIC - gliding induction course
gnd - ground
Hdg - heading. The direction in which an aircraft's nose points in flight in the horizontal plane, expressed in compass degrees.
GS - gliding scholarship
HQ - Headquarters
I/C - In Command
knot (kt) - one nautical mile per hour (never one knot per hour), the standard unit of aviation speed measurement. One knot equals 1.1515 mph; one nautical mile equals 6,080 feet.
lat - latitude.
lon(g) - longitude
NCO - Non Commissioned Officer
OC - Officer Commanding
OC Sqn - Officer Commanding Squadron
Plt Off - Pilot Officer
Sgt - Sergeant
Sqn - Squadron
Trg Off - Training Officer
UHF - ultra-high frequency.
VHF - very high frequency.
Wg Cdr - Wing Commander
WHQ - Wing Headquarters
WO - Warrant Officer