Spooky 2:
My memory must be really getting bad but I seem to recall when CAT11 first became available to approved operators, that we hand flew these approaches on the 707? If some one says I'm full of s$#t I'll accept that as a "never happend" and move on. We did fly EO hand flown approaches to CAT1 mins in the sims and aircraft that I'm sure of.
We could hand fly the 707 on CAT II but using the FD and crummy auto-throttles. Also, our original authorization used an "improved" baro altimeter. No radar altimeter. That didn't last long.