Microwave Landing System (MLS)
The Microwave Landing System was developed as a more precise and flexible replacement for the Instrument Landing System, which harkened back to World War II. By the late 1960s, air traffic and radio frequency congestion, as well as the need for more noise-sensitive approach paths to airports led to...
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