boguing,
Food for some separate topics, almost
And now, strangely, I find that Elliott Automation (for whom my Pa worked at one time) may have been involved in the AP? (We lived in Borehamwood from my arrival in 1957, moved to near Rochester in about 1962 until '67 - when he got his dream job with RR in 1967/8).
I worked for SFENA, the French half of the Elliott/SFENA consortium that did the Concorde AP. But this was in the very early 70s, so your Pa's and my path wouldn't have crossed, although I've been to Rochester.
I knew they did the AP for the Draken/Viggen, but the Vulcan?
Vickers and then BAC worked with Elliott, deHavilland worked with Smith. I don't know about Avro.
Maybe somebody here remembers the label on the AP?
Did Elliott come up with Autoland?
I don't think so... the concept was around. Smith went for a triplex system (Trident...), Elliott went for a dual-monitored system (VC10, Concorde...). IIRC the first full autoland in the UK was a Smith equipped Trident.
Did the Vulcan
have Autoland at some time in its career?