flare path Aeronaut.
[flare n.1 2.]
A line of lights on an airfield or elsewhere to guide aircraft in taking off or coming in to land; an illuminated runway.
| 1919 R. H. Reece Night Bombing with Bedouins 56 The answer received, the machine taxies..turns, hurtles down the flare-path and leaves the ground. 1936 Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XL. 91 On a fine clear night the flare path is visible for about 50 miles. 1942 T. Rattigan (title) Flare path. 1943 R. Hillary Last Enemy ii. 46 Across about a hundred yards from us lay the flare path, a straight line of dimly glowing light. |