PAR

PAR [ICAO]- (See ICAO Term PRECISION APPROACH RADAR.) (See PARALLEL RUNWAYS.) ...

PAR - precision approach radar. Primary radar equipment showing an air traffic controller the height, track and range of an aircraft on final approach, enabling him to guide it to a landing. pax - passengers. PED - portable electronic devices.

PAR- pronounced "P" "A" R", not "par" - precision approach radar; a type of instrument approach. PCS- Permanent Change of Station - moving when assigned to a new duty station PDS- Permanent Duty Station - where you are permanently assigned ...

PAR - Precision Approach Radar, a ground-radar-based instrument approach providing both horizontal and vertical guidance ...

August 19 - Spair Airlines Flight PAR-3601, an Ilyushin Il-76, crashes near Belgrade with twelve fatalities.

Precision Approach Radar (PAR) - Navigational equipment located on the ground adjacent to the runway, and consisting of one antenna which scans the vertical plane and a second antenna which scans the horizontal plane.

While FAA hasn't yet developed a physiological aging rating (PAR) test, it has been focusing on cognitive testing of pilots. Georgetown University School of Medicine designed a test battery - CogScreen - for the FAA Aeromedical Research Division.

Decision Height (DH): The height at which a decision must be made, during an ILS or PAR instrument approach, to either continue the approach or to execute a missed approach. (FAR Part 1) ...

PAL - Peripheral Station PAR - Precision Approach Radar PDC - Pre Departure Clearance PIREP - Pilot Report ...

A landing approach in which a ground controller gives verbal guidance in azimuth and elevation to a pilot using precision approach radar (PAR) to monitor the aircraft's approach path. Still used by the military, but defunct in civil aviation.

DECISION HEIGHT with respect to the operation of aircraft, means the height at which a decision must be made, during an ILS or PAR instrument approach, to either cont...

With respect to the operation of aircraft, means the height or altitude at which a decision must be made during an ILS, MLS, or PAR instrument approach to either continue the approach or to execute a missed approach.

See also: Aircraft, Flight, Pilot, Radar, Navigation