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Old 11th May 2018, 04:41
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LeadSled
 
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Originally Posted by STBYRUD
Still up and running at LHR, in occasional use by BA, for no other reason than nostalgia as I can see 😄
MLS was commercially killed stone dead years ago, with the advent of IRS/FMCS systems updated by GPS/DME/whatever, with WAAS/SBAS/GBAS enabling all the goodies of MLS (curved/offset/segmented approaches, steeper low noise etc) with nil on-airport infrastructure and no "special" aircraft equipment, given the usual avionics fit for most larger aircraft since late 1980s.
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