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Old 13th January 2019 | 03:34
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LeadSled
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Originally Posted by underfire
WOW, back in 2015, the forward thinking FAA thought the airlines would be using GBAS CAT III autoland by 2018!!!!

oh wait, its 2019......

I found this rather humorous ICAO document on the subject. (humorous being the line item corrections and the year 2010)

https://www.icao.int/safety/airnavig...cat_ii_iii.pdf
Underfire,
Humour?? Lost on me, and if you are that the time lapse is "funny", this is little more than an illustration of how slowly bureaucracies grind away??
At least we are are now seeing the delayed GPSIII constellation going up.
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