talk-downn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to talk down: see talk v. 9d.

The action or process of talking down an aircraft or a pilot. Chiefly attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > process of directing landing

talk-down1946

1946 Engineering Jrnl. Apr. 233/1 It is felt that the ‘talk down’ feature will not be well received in airline work.

1948 Shell Aviation News No. 123. 11/2 G.C.A. is a ‘talk down’ system and where such installations are available..no equipment in the aircraft is needed other than efficient radio telephony.

1955 Times 20 June 3/5 The more complicated problems of refuelling in mid-air, baling out on to snowy tundra slopes, and landing at night by ‘talk-down’.

1959 K. Henney Radio Engin. Handbk. (ed. 5) xxvi. 91 (caption) Information displayed to operators of precision indicators of GCA ‘talk-down’ radar landing system.

1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xx. 89 A Viscount came down the GCA talkdown, its white, red and green lights peep-boing the traffic pattern.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	talk-down
释义	talk-downn. Etymology: < verbal phrase to talk down: see talk v. 9d. The action or process of talking down an aircraft or a pilot. Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > process of directing landing talk-down1946 1946 Engineering Jrnl. Apr. 233/1 It is felt that the ‘talk down’ feature will not be well received in airline work. 1948 Shell Aviation News No. 123. 11/2 G.C.A. is a ‘talk down’ system and where such installations are available..no equipment in the aircraft is needed other than efficient radio telephony. 1955 Times 20 June 3/5 The more complicated problems of refuelling in mid-air, baling out on to snowy tundra slopes, and landing at night by ‘talk-down’. 1959 K. Henney Radio Engin. Handbk. (ed. 5) xxvi. 91 (caption) Information displayed to operators of precision indicators of GCA ‘talk-down’ radar landing system. 1963 L. Deighton Horse under Water xx. 89 A Viscount came down the GCA talkdown, its white, red and green lights peep-boing the traffic pattern. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1946
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