In this Air Crash investigation video clip (31:06), a beacon system that tells the pilots whether the aircraft is laterally aligned with the designated runway is mentioned. What's its official name?
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1As this great documentation series also aims for people who are not into aviation, I think the "beacon" just refers to the localizer of the ILS. – Noah Krasser Oct 04 '17 at 15:44
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It is called the Runway localizer
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1Oops. I thought it was some special equipment I was not familiar with. Thanks – lemonincider Oct 04 '17 at 15:49