glide slope

3 definitions found

glide slope - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glide slope \Glide slope\, n. (Aeronautics)
     1. the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing
        strip; also called glide path.
        [PJC]
  
     2. The path indicated by a radio beacon as the proper path
        for an airplane to use in approaching a landing strip.
        [PJC]

  Glide path \Glide path\, n. (Aeronautics)
     the proper path for an airplane approaching a landing strip;
     also called glide slope.
     [PJC]

glide slope - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glide slope
      n 1: the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing
           [syn: approach path, approach, glide path, glide slope
           ]