What does GS stand for?

Glide Slope

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Samples in periodicals archive:

To help a pilot establish the correct three-degree glide slope when on approach to land, the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) has a row of four lights either side of the touchdown zone.

Beauty and the East ... ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENT

Descent on the glide slope was described by the copilot as being made in "heavy turbulence.

On the runway, please!

ca), the CMA-5024 will provide LPV approach guidance identical to Instrument Landing system (ILS) localizer and glide slope signals.

Canada: Esterline CMC Electronics WAAS GPS Landing System

There is an alternative component that the flight crew could have utilized, but they never could decide whether the glide slope was working.

FLIGHT 801 CREW IGNORED PROCEDURES, KOREAN AIR SAYS

They played down the fact that Guam airport's glide slope indicator, which tells pilots how close they are to the ground, was turned off for repairs when the jumbo came down.

Jet hell Rika's scars will last forever

Its glide slope transmitter - used to guide planes to the runway in poor visibility - had been out of service for four weeks for repairs.

Jet pilot's landing guide out of action; TRAGEDY ON FLIGHT 801

The project included construction of a new 75-foot-wide concrete taxiway with asphalt shoulder, taxiway edge and centerline lighting, lighting vault modifications, and the relocation of a Federal Aviation Administration's glide slope facility and a security airfield vehicle checkpoint.

ONT Taxiway Project Completed Early and Under Budget

To help a pilot establish the correct three-degree glide slope when on approach to land, the Precision Approach Path Indicator has a row of four lights either side of the touchdown zone.

Brought you a jar of porter; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS