"flight director" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flight directors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flight director (plural flight directors)
  1. (aviation) A system of a narrow horizontal and vertical bar overlaid on an aircraft's attitude indicator, with the bars deflecting to provide guidance as to the pitch and roll inputs required to maintain the desired flightpath. Categories (topical): Aviation Translations (system of bars overlaid on an attitude indicator): lennonohjausnäyttö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flight_director-en-noun-TbJO-JPF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'system of bars overlaid on an attitude indicator': 91 9
  2. (space flight) A senior ground controller. Categories (topical): Space
    Sense id: en-flight_director-en-noun-CoBqRNnj

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