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instrument landing system
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instrument landing system (ILS)

Landing aid for aircraft that uses radio beacons on the ground and instruments on the flight deck. One beacon (localizer) sends out a vertical radio beam along the centre line of the runway. Another beacon (glide slope) transmits a beam in the plane at right angles to the localizer beam at the ideal approach-path angle. The pilot can tell from the instruments how to manoeuvre to attain the correct approach path.
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The pilot then adds power as necessary to maintain glideslope position as indicated on the tower's optical landing system.
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