A/LAND - No ILS!
All this reminiscing brings another snippet to mind. As F/O I went to FBU with Capt Ormonroyd (Snr) who was one of the A/Land boffins and aces. FBU closed, so we had to go to Gardemoen which, in those days, was a minor satellite, semi mil, used for diversions (by BEA). We were given an NDB Approach and Capt O said that now we had a chance to prove the A/Land system. We two minions looked at each other slightly aghast, but Capt O just asked us to cast our minds back to how the system worked. All very well for him - he was a semi boffin - but we were mystified. "Remember", he said "at 133ft the aircraft system disengages from the ILS and flies the final bit on memory. We will fly a steady approach and fool it into thinking it was doing an ILS!"
We held our breath and after touchdown (hands off - nearly) I swear he smirked.