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Offline DTAK

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« on: January 24, 2006, 07:36:37 PM »
A test clip from SEA.  AK 493, 9 out, clearence to land using "the autoland"

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Offline Tomato

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« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2006, 09:28:56 AM »
How exactly does autoland work... on ILS, or?

Offline DTAK

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« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2006, 10:12:48 AM »
Quote from: Tomato
How exactly does autoland work... on ILS, or?



Try this:

http://www.airliners.net/discussions/tech_ops/read.main/142266/

Offline mdr666

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« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2006, 02:46:01 AM »
From what I understand, they are required to test the autoland system every so often...something like once every 28 landings.

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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2006, 11:26:54 AM »
DTAK - thanks for the link, and it was interesting to read about the discussion about the various airlines, etc, but they don't discuss how autoland works (on a more technical level).  Do you have any other resources that may help?

Autoland sounds like a godsend, but how many pilots actually use it (on a regular basis)?

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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2006, 12:01:22 PM »
Tomato

Can't help you anymore than to point to the internet.
Lots of aviation forums out there.