If carrying out a practice autoland in clear conditions with no LVPs in force, just how much worse can the landing be?
We had a clear runway from about 700' on finals, with a couple of a/c waiting to line up at the Cat 1 hold. This was at at a major airport with CAT3b (No DH) minima available. Our wee airbus flew what could be described as a poor approach from about 50' down. It flared too high, floated and then planted it when the speed ran out, went 3 meters or so downwind of the centerline, landed with drift on...
