landing beacon

noun

1. a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam

Example Sentences

At least one person, Tom McBroom, who is retired at 72, says he actually gave in to this muscle-car twitch, acquiring a “stupidly fast Chevy SS Camaro — an in-your-face orange one bright enough to be a landing beacon for alien spacecraft.”

From Seattle Times

The landing beacon is on, and please report passing Defsat Five.

From Project Gutenberg