Originally Posted by
Basil
There was a little misunderstanding by the RAF about how to use the L1011 autoland resulting in a hard landing and, ISTR, that some restrictions on it's use were (unnecessarily) introduced.
Basil, incorrect handling of the APFDS caused an accident in the early days of RAF TriStar operation. The accident probably tainted the view of Autoland and, crews were not kept qualified for full A/L use. The Autoland system was used for ILS approaches but, CAT1 limits were used with manual landing. This was purely a restriction applied by higher command.
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