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Old 11th Sep 2006, 00:35
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The DH Trident was one of the earliest commercial aircraft to be equipped with PVD (Para-Visual Display).
A device resembling a horizontal striped barber's pole, it uses the ILS localiser signal to assist centre-line guidance during low-viz take-offs. The stripes remain stationary so long as the aircraft is on the runway centre-line. If the aircraft deviates, the stripes appear to move in the direction of the runway centre-line, helping to guide the pilot back to the middle of the runway.
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