Definition of Glide path

1. Noun. The final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing.

Exact synonyms: Approach, Approach Path, Glide Slope
Generic synonyms: Air Lane, Airway, Flight Path, Skyway
Group relationships: Approach Pattern, Pattern, Traffic Pattern

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glide Path

glibnesses
glibs
glicentin
glicke
glickes
gliclazide
glid
glidant
glidden
glidder
gliddery
gliddest
glide
glide-bomb
glide by
glide path (current term)
glide ratio
glide slope
glided
glidepath
glidepaths
glider
glider gun
gliders
glides
glidest
glideth
gliding
gliding bacteria
gliding joint

Literary usage of Glide path

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Contested Skies: Trans-Australia Airlines Australian Airlines 1946-1992 by John Gunn (1999)
"... established a course to fly along, while an associated installation called the glide path Set, situated near the part of the runway used for touchdown, ..."

2. Flight Check!: The Story Of Faa Flight Inspection by Scott A. Thompson (1990)
"A glide path transmitter, operating on 90.8 megacycles, was installed and tested at College Park. Maryland, in 1931. The whole system, including the LF ..."

3. Journal by Helicopter Association of Great Britain (1894)
"... I. inclination is the actual slope of the glide path, since you will notice that the horizontal and vertical scales inside the border of the diagram are ..."

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