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Old 20th Feb 2005, 17:48
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FJJP
 
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Padhist, yes we had all the autoland kit fitted, but I believe non-use was down to money in the end - the cost of the ground installation.

In the late 60s, I used autothrottles, but nothing else [and they subsequently removed those fuses]. The autopilot was capable [except autoland prime was rendered inoperative] but the rest of the system was not serviced [why it was left in situ is beyond me!]. An auto-ILS was interesting sometimes if you used the autothrottle - you could end up with an interesting spread of power settings as some engines powered up and others down!

I've seen modern autoland in operation on the flight deck [Paphos to Gatwick] and impressive it is, too. Sometimes wish we had had it working on the Vulcan.

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