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Aviation Dictionary
Vertical Navigation (VNAV)
Definitions
- Traditionally, the only way to get glidepath information during an approach was to use a ground-based NAVAID, but modern area navigation systems allow flight crews to display an internally generated descent path that allows a constant rate descent to minimums during approaches that would otherwise include multiple level-offs.
References
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Instrument Procedures Handbook by Federal Aviation Administration (2017)
