glide path
Aircraft approach angle
A glide path is the descent trajectory an aircraft follows when approaching a runway, maintained at a specific angle for safe landing.
Extended figuratively to any planned gradual transition toward a goal: The company is on a glide path to profitability.
In finance, a glide path describes how investment allocation shifts over time, typically becoming more conservative as retirement approaches.
approach
Way of handling something
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- runwayPaved path for planes
touchdown · final · altitude · airspeed · localizer · threshold · flare · landing · gear · flaps
reduction
Making something smaller
- targetObject of pursuit
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- deficitAmount still owed
budget · spending · timeline · benchmark · goal · fiscal · gradual · phaseout · taper · projection
- flight patternsholding pattern, traffic pattern, landing pattern, V formation, wedge formation
- trajectoriestrajectory, arc, parabola, orbit, course
- descentsrappelling, abseiling, lowering, parachuting, skydiving
- IFR flyinglocalizer, glideslope, minimums, final approach, holding pattern
- aviation navigationDME, waypoint, radio beacon, localizer, GPS
- flight navigationheading, waypoint, course, bearing, flight plan
glide pathderailment
Leaving the intended track
deviation · divergence · detour · abandonment · course correction
path, glide, pathway, glider, gliding, footpath, glides, glided, pathological