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glide path
- Sinônimos
- glide slope 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.
- Subárea1
- Air Navigation
- Related Term
- glide
- minimum glide path
- Variante
- glidepath
- Português
- trajetória de planeio