Crestfallen originally is in reference to the appearance of a horse with its crest (head) on its chest after defeat in a battle. In general, its means sad or disappointed.
Abbreviations for the controls found on the cockpit:
- MISC LTS - Miscellaneous Lights
- IND LTS - Indicator Lights
- OVHD - Overhead
- LTS - Lights
- A/COLL - Anticollision
- INSP - Inspection
- PLS - Pulse
- RECOG TAXI LTS - Recognition Taxi Lights
- OVRD - Override
- STBY - Standby
- MAN - Manual
- CKPT - Cockpit
- APU - Auxiliary Power Unit
- WSHLD - Windshield
- FLC - Flight Level Change
- MLG BAY OVHT TEST - Main Landing Gear Bay Overheat Test
- DN LCK REL - Downlock Release
- FIREX - Fire Extinguisher
- FIREDET - Fire Detection
- SPS TEST - Stall Protection System
- OVSP - Overspeed
- TO - Takeoff
- CLB - Climb
- CRZ - Cruise
- MCT - Maximum Continuous Thrust
- APR - Automatic Power Reserve
- VFTO - Final Takeoff Speed (or Velocity)
- TGT - Target Speed
- OAT - Outside Air Temperature
- WG - Wing
- MSG - Message
- PERF - Performance
- INIT - Initialization
- FPLN - Flight Plan
- DEP ARR - Departure/ Arrival
- MFD - Multifunction Display
- ADV - Advance
- VNAV - Vertical Navigation
- LMT - Limit
- MGMT - Management
- FLT - Flight
- SEC PERF -Secondary Performance
- KT - Knots
- TAS - True Airspeed
- GS -Ground Speed
- SAT - Static Air Temperature
- TAT - Total Air Temperature
- DME - Distance Measuring Equipment
- FMS - Flight Management System
- VT - Final Takeoff Speed
- V2 - take-off safety speed
- VR - Rotate speed, point at which the nose of the plane pitches up
- V1 - speed beyond which the take-off should no longer be aborted
- MOA - Minute of Angle
- EMBUT- waypoint in Hungary, not far from Budapest
Mercaders is Kremlin slang for "assassins". Named after Ramón Mercader, the communist who killed Leon Trotsky (Lev Trotskiy) in Mexico in 1940 with an ice ax.
A Legat is a legal attache. They serve as the FBI Director's personal representative in overseas countries. This term is often used through out the series.