RAD has various meanings in the Aircraft category. Discover the full forms, definitions, and usage contexts of RAD in Aircraft.
General name for methods of signalling or communicating through space by electro-magnetic waves
AircraftAcronym for RAdio Detection And Ranging. An electronic system designed to transmit radio signals and receive reflected images of those signals from a 'target' in order to determine the bearing and distance to the 'target'.
AircraftLine from a VOR or NDB. For example, the 180 radial from a VOR represents a line south of that VOR. In a direction directly outward from the center of a circle or sphere or from the axis of a cylinder. The spokes of a wheel, for example, are radial. A magnetic bearing extending from a very high frequency omni-range and/or tactical air navigation station.
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