(aviation) Alternative spelling of slam dunk approach

plural of slam dunk approach

(aviation) a final approach whereupon the airplane intercepts the ILS glideslope from above, instead of as normally from below

plural of slam-dunk approach

(aviation) The point during descent at which a pilot must initiate a go-around maneuver if the runway is not in clear sight.

(aviation) An instrument approach using a guidance system that provides only horizontal, and not vertical, guidance (such as VOR, NDB, or localizer navigation), requiring the pilot to manually maintain terrain clearance by flying at a predefined safe altitude for each segment of the approach by reference to their altimeter.

plural of non-precision approach

(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of approach

Impossible to approach.

(archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach