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GROUND-CONTROLLED APPROACH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar
Synonyms:
GCA; ground-controlled approach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ground-controlled approach" is a kind of...):
aircraft landing; airplane landing (landing an aircraft)