Pilot/Controller Glossary
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advisories. A resolution advisory is also classified as
corrective or preventive.
RESTRICTED AREA
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(See SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE.)
(See ICAO term RESTRICTED AREA.)
RESTRICTED AREA [ICAO]
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An airspace of
defined dimensions, above the land areas or territorial
waters of a State, within which the flight of aircraft
is restricted in accordance with certain specified
conditions.
RESUME NORMAL SPEED
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Used by ATC to
advise a pilot to resume an aircraft’s normal operating
speed. It is issued to terminate a speed adjustment
where no published speed restrictions apply. It does
not delete speed restrictions in published procedures
of upcoming segments of flight. This does not relieve
the pilot of those speed restrictions that are applicable
to 14 CFR Section 91.117.
RESUME OWN NAVIGATION
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Used by ATC to
advise a pilot to resume his/her own navigational
responsibility. It is issued after completion of a radar
vector or when radar contact is lost while the aircraft
is being radar vectored.
(See RADAR CONTACT LOST.)
(See RADAR SERVICE TERMINATED.
)
RESUME PUBLISHED SPEED
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Used by ATC to
advise a pilot to resume published speed restrictions
that are applicable to a SID, STAR, or other
instrument procedure. It is issued to terminate a speed
adjustment where speed restrictions are published on
a charted procedure.
RHA
−
(See REFINED HAZARD AREA.)
RMI
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(See RADIO MAGNETIC INDICATOR.)
RNAV
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(See AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV).)
RNAV APPROACH
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An instrument approach
procedure which relies on aircraft area navigation
equipment for navigational guidance.
(See AREA NAVIGATION (RNAV).)
(See INSTRUMENT APPROACH
PROCEDURE.)
ROAD RECONNAISSANCE (RC)
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Military activ-
ity requiring navigation along roads, railroads, and
rivers. Reconnaissance route/route segments are
seldom along a straight line and normally require a
lateral route width of 10 NM to 30 NM and an altitude
range of 500 feet to 10,000 feet AGL.
R OGE R
−
I have received all of your last
transmission. It should not be used to answer a
question requiring a yes or a no answer.
(See AFFIRMATIVE.)
(See NEGATIVE.)
ROLLOUT RVR
−
(See VISIBILITY.)
ROTOR WASH
−
A phenomenon resulting from the
vertical down wash of air generated by the main
rotor(s) of a helicopter.
ROUND
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ROBIN FLIGHT PLAN
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A single flight
plan filed from the departure airport to an
intermediary destination(s) and then returning to the
original departure airport.
ROUTE
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A defined path, consisting of one or more
courses in a horizontal plane, which aircraft traverse
over the surface of the earth.
(See AIRWAY.)
(See JET ROUTE.)
(See PUBLISHED ROUTE.)
(See UNPUBLISHED ROUTE.)
ROUTE ACTION NOTIFICATION
−
EDST notifi-
cation that a PAR/PDR/PDAR has been applied to the
flight plan.
(See ATC PREFERRED ROUTE
NOTIFICATION.)
(See EN ROUTE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL.)
ROUTE AMENDMENT DIALOG (RAD)
−
A
capability within the Traffic Flow Management
System that allows traffic management personnel to
submit or edit a route amendment for one or more
flights.
ROUTE SEGMENT
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As used in Air Traffic Control,
a part of a route that can be defined by two
navigational fixes, two NAVAIDs, or a fix and a
NAVAID.
(See FIX.)
(See ROUTE.)
(See ICAO term ROUTE SEGMENT.)
ROUTE SEGMENT [ICAO]
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A portion of a route to
be flown, as defined by two consecutive significant
points specified in a flight plan.
PCG R
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