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GLIDE-PATH INDICATOR [1 record]

Record 1 2010-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Signalling and Illumination (Air Transport)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Air Communications (Air Forces)
DEF

An aircraft landing instrument that provides the pilot with a set of vertical and horizontal cross pointers that indicate deviation from a radio-transmitted course to the threshold of the runway.

OBS

glide path transmitter: term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • glide-path transmitter
  • glidepath transmitter
  • glide-slope transmitter
  • glidepath beacon
  • glide path indicator
  • glidepath indicator
  • glideslope
  • glideslope transmitter

French

Domaine(s)
  • Signalisation (Transport aérien)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Communications aériennes (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Dans le système d'atterrissage aux instruments (ILS), dispositif indiquant l'écart vertical de l'aéronef par rapport à sa trajectoire de descente optimale.

OBS

radioalignement de descente : terme uniformisé par le Ministère de la Défense de la France.

OBS

radiophare d'alignement de descente : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI); radiophare d'alignement de descente; émetteur radio-pente : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

Key term(s)
  • radiophare de descente

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Señales e iluminación (Transporte aéreo)
  • Pilotaje y navegación aérea
  • Comunicaciones aéreas (Fuerzas aéreas)
OBS

ILS : sistema de aterrizaje por instrumentos.

OBS

transmisor de trayectoria de planeo : término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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