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Old 5th June 2006 | 04:00
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Karunch,

Thanks for that. So I guess the FOQA system could, by knowing where the aircraft is WRT the glideslope and the Rad Alt, then be able to predict where the actual touchdown point is by timing the remainder of the flight.

I suppose that, if not on an ILS (and especially if you are above or below 50ft over the fence), the calculated touchdown point may well be spurious.
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