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Old 13th Aug 2011, 01:10
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One limitation of automated cars at present is that they may see and avoid a ball coming from in front of a parked car - but not anticipate that the ball may be followed by a child, as yet unseen.

Traffic on the taxyways gets held up by dense fog, as happened at Heathrow a year or two ago. Decca Navigator was almost accurate enough to use as a landing approach aid at Manston. We used to ink the charts. (The runway was very wide and we used the centre part anyway. FIDO had been removed.)

Reverse taxying would need practice. Do remember to take your feet off the brakes when going backwards. You MUST use forward thrust to stop going backwards or...!
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