| 单词 | localizer beam |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocalizer beam 2. Aeronautics. A device for transmitting a radio beam along a runway, which an incoming aircraft can use to guide its approach; also localizer beam. Also: an instrument in an aircraft that shows its position relative to such a beam. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > navigation of course of aircraft > [noun] > radio beam or beacon beacon1919 localizer1922 beam1927 landing beam1929 marker beacon1929 fan marker1948 1922 Aerial Age Weekly 26 June 379/2 The localizer is a device for transmitting radio signals more or less vertically, so as to form an electro-magnetic field over the landing field. 1945 Aeronautics Feb. 29/3 The equipment linked up as a whole is then designed to guide the aircraft steadily along a localiser beam to keep it in dead line with the centre of the runway. 1965 Sun 28 Oct. 8/5 As the plane approaches London Airport it fixes on a ‘localiser’ beam which brings it into line with the runway. 2004 C. Lee Aloft xi. 328 I check my airspeed, my altitude, my localizer, my glide slope, every indicator a go and I take us in. 2007 Flying Sept. 11/2 The controller told me to speed up, intercept the localizer to Runway 16. < as lemmas |
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