landing beam

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noun

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

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Words nearby landing beam

landgravine, landholder, land in, landing, landing beacon, landing beam, landing card, landing clerk, landing craft, landing field, landing flap

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How to use landing beam in a sentence

The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.
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Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Back then, no one ever imagined needing to beam live video to ground troops from a fighter jet.
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Pan Am was granted landing rights at Camp Colombia, an army base near Havana.
Goodbye, Bahamas. Hello, Havana!|Clive Irving|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We got to the landing and ran through the open door bin Laden entered.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A full General landing to inspect overseas is entitled to a salute of 17 guns—well, I got my dues.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton