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Dme
Dme | | Line-of-sight limited airborne equipment (transceiver) using paired pulse replies from ground-based transponder to determine slant range distance by time between airborne transmission of pulses and return of pulses from the ground transponder. | source: FAA Advanced Avionics Handbook (FAA-H-8083-6) |
| | Distance Measuring Equipment (DME), a radio navigation device that determines an aircraft's distance from a given ground station, as well as its groundspeed and time to/from the station. | source: FAA Aerosense Glossary |
| | Distance measuring equipment. | source: FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Airframe Handbook (FAA-H-8083-31) |
| | Equipment (airborne and ground) used to measure, in
nautical miles, the slant range distance of an aircraft
from the DME navigational aid. | source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary |
| | Distance Measuring Equipment (DME): A pulse-type electronic navigation system that shows the pilot, by an instrument-panel indication, the number of nautical miles between the aircraft and a ground station or waypoint. | source: FAA Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25A) |
| | Distance Measuring Equipment: a transmitter which will be located on the airport and provide distance information for the aircraft during approach by timing the delay of VHF or UHF radio signals | source: ICAO English Pro Aviation Glossary |
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