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    In aviation, distance measuring equipment (DME) is a radio navigation technology that measures the slant range (distance) between an aircraft and a ground...
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    radial, without the need for the VOR station to have a collocated distance measuring equipment (DME). This display, along with the omni bearing indicator (OBI)...
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    military aircraft. However, the TACAN distance measuring equipment is also used for civil purposes because civil DME equipment is built to match the military...
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  • based upon the speed of light. Surveying is one ancient use of measuring long distances. For tiny objects such as crystals and diffraction gratings, diffraction...
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    height. Markers are largely being phased out and replaced by distance measuring equipment (DME). The ILS usually includes high-intensity lighting at the...
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    VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) with a distance-measuring equipment (DME). The VOR allows the receiver to measure its bearing to or from the beacon, while...
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  • omnidirectional range (VOR), non-directional beacon (NDB), or distance measuring equipment (DME) fix. The initial approach fix may be collocated with the...
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    locations along with 700 VOR/DVOR installations co-located with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). 52 runways are provided with Instrument landing system...
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  • edema Durable medical equipment Dashtop mobile equipment Diastatic malt extract, used in home-brewing Distance measuring equipment, used in aviation Dropping...
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    System (LAAS) Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) Distance measuring equipment (DME) Instrument flight rules (IFR) Instrument landing system...
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    highest quality sensors. These include; Scanning DME (distance measuring equipment) that check the distances from five different DME stations simultaneously...
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  • Doppler very high frequency omnidirectional radio range (DVOR) – distance measuring equipment (DME) and nondirectional beacon (NDB), as navigational aids....
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    distance measuring equipment (DME) system.[citation needed] DME was identical to Gee-H in concept, but used new electronics to automatically measure the...
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    crew initiated the approach procedure by joining the Hibbing distance measuring equipment (DME) arc from the Hibbing VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) radio...
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    (usually two or three minutes) may be used, or aircraft with distance measuring equipment (DME) may be assigned patterns with legs defined in nautical...
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    used very high frequency omnidirectional radio range (VOR) and distance measuring equipment (DME) for estimating position; for oceanic operations, inertial...
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  • applications. In 2009, Moog added engineering expertise as well as Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) and Direction Finding (DF) products through the acquisition...
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    A tape measure or measuring tape is a long, flexible ruler used to measure length or distance. It usually consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, fibreglass...
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  • Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems – Marine speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME) – Performance requirements, methods...
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    airport is equipped with modern navigational and landing aids like Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), DVOR, and Non-Directional Beacon (NDB) and is equipped...
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    omnidirectional range/distance measuring equipment) approach, the crew initiated an ILS/DME approach. ILS navigational equipment is normally more accurate...
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  • Cyclic Deep stall – Delta wing – Dihedral – Dilbert Dunker – Distance measuring equipment (DME) – Distributed propulsion – Downwash – Drag – Drag-reducing...
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  • UHF range of 329.3–335.0 MHz with marker beacons at 75 MHz. Distance measuring equipment (DME) also uses UHF from 962 to 1150 MHz. Channel spacing for...
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    parts. Battle of Lima Site 85 (SAC TACAN captured March 1968) Distance measuring equipment Electronics technician Global Positioning System VHF omnidirectional...
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    such as VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) radial intersections, distance measuring equipment (DME), GPS, or radar fixes, to identify the position. FAA AIM...
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  • planes are metal, and reflect radio waves. The radar measures the distance to the reflector by measuring the time of the round trip from emission of a pulse...
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    Landing System (ILS), as well as navigational facilities like DVOR/Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) and a Non-Directional Beacon (NDB). The new airport terminal...
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    conflict between the aircraft's altitude and the functioning Distance Measuring Equipment, and their familiarity with the approach into Faleolo which caused...
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    the airport include ILS, GH NDB, LOC instrument approach and distance measuring equipment. A new terminal opened in June 2024, which introduced security...
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    non-directional beacon (NDB), VHF omnidirectional range (VOR), and distance measuring equipment (DME). The last operational aerial lighthouse in the United Kingdom...
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