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Vertical navigation

In aviation, vertical navigation (VNAV, usually pronounced vee-nav) is glidepath information provided during an instrument approach, independently of ground-based navigation aids in the context of an approach and a form of vertical guidance in the context of climb/descent. An onboard navigation system displays a constant rate descent path to minimums.…

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Vertical navigation → April, Archived, Flight Management Computer System, PDF, Retrieved, Sam Miller, VNAV

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vnav path descent aircraft speed vertical system flight approach autothrottle autopilot navigation idle mode guidance climb waypoint select maintain coupled

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Vertical navigationrelated to External linksSam Miller0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksApril0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksFlight Management Computer System0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksVNAV0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksPDF0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksArchived0.60section
Vertical navigationrelated to External linksRetrieved0.60section

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