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Old 17th November 2009 | 13:36
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rudderrudderrat
 
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The PAPI are set for a B747 (A380?) but so too is the ILS. If that was not the case then how would the B747's wheels clear the threshold during a CAT 3 autoland?
Because on a 747, the second glide slope aerial is on the landing gear door - some distance below the pilot's eye height.
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