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glide path
Definição1
A descent profile determined for vertical guidance during a final approach.
Fonte1
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. International civil aviation vocabulary. 3rd ed. Montreal, 2007. (Doc. 9713)
Definição2
(1) The flight path of an aircraft in glide, as seen from the side. (2) The glide slope (i.e., the path used by an aircraft-in-approach procedure generated by an instrument landing facility). (3) An aircraft on a PAR (precision approach radar) approach is instructed by ATC (air traffic control) to approach "above the glide path", "on the glide path", or "below the glide path". (4) A descent profile, determined for vertical guidance during a final approach (ICAO). (5) In parachuting, the descent angle through the air along which the parachute descends.
Fonte2
KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
Fonte3
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Aeronautical Telecommunications. Volume I: radio navigation aids. 6th ed. Montreal, 2006.
Nota Adicional1
Acronym in English: GP.
Contexto
The level of integrity of the localizer or the glide path is expressed in terms of the probability of not radiating false guidance signals.
Subárea
Air Navigation
Français
alignement de descente