landing beam

noun

1. a radio beam transmitted from a landing field to enable aircraft to make an instrument landing

Example Sentences

When the plane neared Brize Norton, the wide-awake Brain concentrated on a special landing beam from an R.A.F. radio and made a conventional automatic landing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Besides the landing beam, Col.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I have a robot landing beam response, but no one is answering the call."

From Project Gutenberg

When the Throg officer clicked to the alien manning the landing beam, Shann's exultation grew.

From Project Gutenberg