landing direction indicator
- landing direction indicator
A device to indicate visually the direction currently designated for landing and take-off (ICAO). Wind cones, windsocks, landing T, and tetrahedron are some of the devices used as landing direction indicators.
Landing direction indicator.
Aviation dictionary.
2014.
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