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• automatic landing system — A system that permits aircraft to be landed automatically without any input from the pilot. In a typical system, the aircraft approaches from the outer marker to the inner marker beacon. At the inner marker beacon, the aircraft flight path is… …   Aviation dictionary

• landing system — landing system, controls which regulate or assist in the landing of an aircraft: »A jet bomber was safely landed by a ground based, automatic landing system using radar to track the plane and radio to transmit flight path correction signals to… …   Useful english dictionary

• Instrument 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… …   Wikipedia

• instrument landing system — ▪ aviation       electronic guidance system designed to help airline pilots align their planes with the centre of a landing strip during final approach under conditions of poor visibility. The ground equipment of the ILS consists of two… …   Universalium

• automatic pilot — 1. Aeron. an airborne electronic control system that automatically maintains a preset heading and attitude. Also called automatic, autopilot, gyropilot, robot. 2. on automatic pilot, functioning in an unthinking or reflexive manner. [1915 20] * * …   Universalium

• Splashdown (spacecraft landing) — Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft by parachute in a body of water. It was used by American manned spacecraft prior to the Space Shuttle program. It is also possible for the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and Chinese Shenzhou spacecraft… …   Wikipedia

• Beam Approach Beacon System — (or BABS) is an automatic RADAR landing system developed in the early 1940 s.It is a responder (or transponder) mounted in a Hillman van and placed at the end of the runway. In some cases fixed sites were installed and by the mid 1950 s Standard… …   Wikipedia

• Vessel monitoring system — Vessel monitoring systems (VMS) are used in commercial fishing to allow environmental and fisheries regulatory organizations to monitor, minimally, the position, time at a position, and course and speed of fishing vessels. They are a key part of… …   Wikipedia

• Boyd's Automatic tide signalling apparatus — The automatic tide signalling apparatus at Irvine harbour in North Ayrshire, Scotland, is probably unique, having been invented and patented by Martin Boyd, the Irvine harbourmaster, in 1905 and opened in 1906.McEwan, Mae (1985). The Harbour… …   Wikipedia

• Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… …   Wikipedia

• Unmanned Aircraft System — (UAS) is the term introduced by The United States Department of Defense (DoD) and adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace the term Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). A typical UAS consists of the Unmanned Aircraft (UA), the… …   Wikipedia