localizer antenna
1Andrew Alford — (5 August 1904 25 January 1992) was an American electrical engineer and inventor.Born in Samara, Russia Alford invented and developed antennas for radio navigation systems, now used for VHF omnidirectional range and instrument landing… …
2back course — The course line along the extended centerline of a runway in the opposite direction to the front course, or the localizer course for an ILS (instrument landing system). For an aircraft to approach the instrument runway from the end on which the… …
3List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft — This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft is grouped by the years in which the accidents and incidents occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the [http://www.baaa acro.com/ Aircraft Crash Record Office] or the… …
4Cleveland Hopkins International Airport — IATA: CLE – ICAO: KCLE – FAA LID: CLE …
5Kaduna Airport — IATA: KAD – ICAO: DNKA …
6Instrument landing system — The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a ground based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high intensity lighting arrays to… …
7Autoland — In aviation, autoland describes a system that fully automates the landing phase of an aircraft s flight, with the human crew merely supervising the process.DescriptionAutoland systems were designed to make landing possible in visibility too poor… …
8navigation — navigational, adj. /nav i gay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of navigating. 2. the art or science of plotting, ascertaining, or directing the course of a ship, aircraft, or guided missile. [1520 30; < L navigation (s. of navigatio) a voyage.… …
9Marker beacon — A marker beacon is a particular type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation, usually in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots a means to determine position along an established route to a destination such as a runway.… …
10Microwave landing system — The NASA 737 research aircraft on the Wallops runway in 1987 with the Microwave Landing System equipment in the foreground. A microwave landing system (MLS) is an all weather, precision landing system originally intended to replace or supplement… …
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