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In reply to low observable: What's the big deal about taxy-ing after a cat 111, done it many times in a B 75 and B 76, just asked and got a "Follow Me" car.
Been a while but surely cat 111a required a RVR of 150 m or so, never zero, wasn't that 111c with 0/0?
Auto land on a VC 10, never saw that on a BA 10, which for most of the time wasn't even cat 1
ILS having a DH of 300 feet. Was the military 10 better ?
Been a while but surely cat 111a required a RVR of 150 m or so, never zero, wasn't that 111c with 0/0?
Auto land on a VC 10, never saw that on a BA 10, which for most of the time wasn't even cat 1
ILS having a DH of 300 feet. Was the military 10 better ?
Last edited by RetiredBA/BY; 15th Jan 2016 at 20:41.
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IIIa, 150m RVR/15'DH, required reference; one runway light. IIIb 75m/no DH, required reference; none. The Fokker100 was IIIb. Both pilots could die once it was locked on (and one engine could fail IIRC), and it would come to a halt on the centreline. Magic piece of kit.
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The F100 was clever in many ways, once established many failures would not be annunciated until after landing. If you were sharp you might notice a generator failure as the APU came on line but it was the merest flicker.
