localizer beam capture

  • 1beam capture — Flying an aircraft in such a way as to intercept asymptotically a beam, as in an ILS (instrument landing system) localizer and glide path …

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  • 2Autoland — 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… …

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