Glide Path

This article is about a work of fiction. For glide slope, see Instrument Landing System.

Glide Path

First edition
Author	Arthur C. Clarke
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Harcourt Brace
Publication 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.

References

• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 102. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

External links

• Glide Path title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database