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glide slope

glide slope is the alternative form of glideslope.

Meaning of glideslope

Noun

glideslope (plural glideslopes)

  1. The portion of an instrument landing system which provides vertical guidance to an aircraft during an approach to landing.
    • The constant angle of descent technique requires pilots to maintain a predetermined constant angle and constant rate of descent, which is generally calculated to be about 3°, except when terrain or an obstacle necessitates a steeper descent. When a ground-based glideslope signal is absent, pilots...2000, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.17.4.2 Flight Crew Actions and Callouts During Nonprecision Approaches”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Controlled Flight Into Terrain, Korean Air Flight...
    1. (broadly) The vertical descent profile produced by the ILS glideslope transmitters.
      • Staying on the glideslope is vitally important for a safe, stabilized approach and landing.
  2. The approach path of an aircraft as it comes in to land.

Forms of glide slope

pluralglide slopes

Questions about glide slope

What is glide slope the alternative form of?
Glide slope is the alternative form of glideslope.

Words near glide slope in the dictionary

  1. glide paths
  2. glide ratio
  3. glide ratios
  4. glide reflection
  5. glide reflections
  6. glide slope
  7. glide slopes
  8. glide time
  9. glided
  10. glideless
  11. glideness

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