Precision Approach Radar (PAR) - Navigational equipment located on the ground adjacent to the runway, consisting of one antenna, which scans the vertical plane, and a second antenna, which scans the horizontal plane.
Precision Approach Radar (PAR): A radar facility used to detect and display azimuth, range, and elevation of an aircraft on the final approach to a runway.
PRECISION APPROACH RADAR- Radar equipment in some ATC facilities operated by the FAA and/or the military services at joint-use civil/military locations and separate military installations to detect and display azimuth, elevation, ...
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Precision Approach Radar - a ground-radar based instrument approach which provides both horizontal and vertical guidance
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a device used or intended to be used to retard the fall of a body or object through the air ...
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.
Beacon - an older type of electronic navigation aid, basically a low-power AM radio station OBS Omnibearing Selector - part of a VOR receiver system, which allows the pilot to select a course to or from a VOR station PAR Precision Approach Radar - a ...
PAR - Precision Approach Radar (Military)
GPS (with vertical navigation via WAAS or EGNOS) - Global Positioning System
LAAS - Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) for Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) ...
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 ...
PAL - Peripheral Station
PAR - Precision Approach Radar
PDC - Pre Departure Clearance
PIREP - Pilot Report ...
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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.
In addition, precision approach radar (PAR) is available at some locations to allow controllers to guide an airplane to a landing under instrument weather conditions in place of on-board approach navigation equipment.
 See also: Radar, Aircraft, Flight, Pilot, Navigation
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