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Old 4th December 2005 | 09:02
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piton
 
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Calm down Gonso!

Read TR4A's post again they use HUD - I've never flown with it but used a demo version at an IFALPA gathering.

Everything is projected on your windscreen so you are looking "outside" and "at the instruments" at the same time! It's similar to what fastjet military types use to barrel along at 500 ft over changing terrain. Very accurate. I believe that Alaskan also uses it in their challenging conditions for 0/0 on their 737 fleet (though stand to be corrected).

Thua a totally different kettle of fish from "normal" scanning. BTW easy wanted to trial HUD a few years back but the CAA had cold feet even though it's used safely by various FAA carriers.
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