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non-precision approaches

non-precision approaches is the plural of non-precision approach.

Meaning of non-precision approach

Noun

non-precision approach (plural non-precision approaches)

  1. An instrument approach using a guidance system that provides only horizontal, and not vertical, guidance (such as VOR, NDB, or localizer navigation), requiring the pilot to manually maintain terrain clearance by flying at a predefined safe altitude for each segment of the approach by reference to their altimeter.

Questions about non-precision approaches

What is non-precision approaches the plural of?
Non-precision approaches is the plural of non-precision approach.

Words near non-precision approaches in the dictionary

  1. non-powerlike
  2. non-practicing
  3. non-practising
  4. non-precious
  5. non-precision approach
  6. non-precision approaches
  7. non-predictable
  8. non-preemptable
  9. non-prefabricated
  10. non-prejudicial
  11. non-prerequisite

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