| Glide Path | |
| Author: | Arthur C. Clarke |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Harcourt Brace |
| Release Date: | 1963 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages: | 229 pp |
Glide Path is a novel by the English writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1963. Clarke's only non-science fiction novel, it is set during World War II and relates a fictionalized version of the development of the radar-based ground-controlled approach (called "ground-controlled descent" in the novel) aircraft landing system, and includes a character modeled on Luis Alvarez, who developed this system. It is based on Clarke's own wartime service with the Royal Air Force, during which he worked on the GCA project.
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