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Noun: ground-controlled approach
  1. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which the pilot is talked down by ground control using precision approach radar
    "The pilot executed a successful ground-controlled approach in zero visibility";
    - GCA

Derived forms: ground-controlled approaches

Type of: aeroplane landing [Brit], aircraft landing, airplane landing [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Ground-controlled approach