ground-controlled approach

or ground-con·trol approach

[ ground-kuhn-trohld ]

nounAeronautics.
  1. a system in which an observer interprets radar observations of the position of an aircraft and transmits continuous instructions to its pilot for landing. Abbreviation: GCA

Origin of ground-controlled approach

1
First recorded in 1940–45

Words Nearby ground-controlled approach

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