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Old 16th Aug 2016, 09:52
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Gonzo
 
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Well known issue....the Localiser Sensitive and Critical Areas for the A380 are usually significantly larger than those for other aircraft.

For example, for non-A380s, the LSA at Heathrow was 137m from the runway centreline, for A380s it varied from 150-192m.

Fitting our new 32 element localiser antennas has reduced that back down to 137m, and has enabled us to develop a 'Medium' LSA for 757s and smaller that is only 82m from the centreline.
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