Satellite Landing Systems Australia
 

Gday,

Anyone know anything about SLS in Australia?

regards,
NOSIGN

No, however I heard that the military have been testing out another new system - TLS (Transponder Landing System).

Not sure on the details

Would that be something like an A/P coupled GCA?

No Lancer, just a cheap, simple, common, garden-variety ILS ... for places that aren't all that busy.

Norfolk Island, has a system installed by Honeywell called a SCAT 1; it requires a special reciever to be fitted to the a/c; Flightwest were going to fit and use the system before they went broke; the system uses a ground based GPS( ie differential) and the display to the pilot utilises the ILS display; you simply fly it as an ILS to Cat 1 minima, hence S(pecial) CAT(egory) 1.

The military TLS is a self contained, transportable system; it uses the a/c transponder to work out the bearing and distance from the runway( it uses 2 arrays of 3 aerials/ it works out the bearing/elevation using the time difference of signal reception to figure out the angle); the TLS then transmits the ILS frequency signals to the a/c with the 90/150 modulations of the L/R of LLZ or FU/FD of the GP incorporated in the signal to indicate where the a/c is reference to centreline and glidepath; the display to the pilot is via the ILS display( the a/c must have the ILS tuned to the freq.) it's just like flying an ILS.

The US tested the Transponder Landing system. It had FAA certification, but lost it when they had a problem with two aircraft having the same squawk code :(

Why don't they get rid of all those old NDB's?

Oh money........... sorry! :D :D :D

The SLS at Norfolk Island has never landed a single aircraft and is highly probable that it will never land a single aircraft.... ever.

I think the Norfolk Island Government will happly sell the Ground Station equipment if you make even half an offer!