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Old 5th March 2009 | 21:54
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sycamore
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P-C-D,yes I think I could,but don`t have any `red `left,;I was thinking about the last mini-paragraph,in relation to the NS accident,and the systems I flew some 35 yrs ago at AAEE and RAE,in WX3/S-K/Puma /Gaz,for steep/offset approaches using `Madge`,coupling it to the autopilot,and doing transitions to the hover(difficult over land with rad-alts) ,but now with GPS etc it is `easily` possible if only someone would do it;and it is being done actually by QQ`s VAAC Harrier,to moving ships/vehicles.Unfortunately,it requires a bit of brass to get it going...See QinetiQ`s web for VAAC Harrier...Syc
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