landing beam

British

noun

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

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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.

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Besides the landing beam, Col.

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

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

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