Charlie Wolf
March 6th 05, 02:25 AM
Do a Google search on "carrier landing mode III"
Regards,
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 02:58:15 +0100, T.C. >
wrote:
>First of all: english isn't my native language, so please forgive me
>any unintentional slaughter of the english language...
>
>Though my interest in military aviation in general is quite old, my
>knowledge is somewhat superficial...
>I was wondering if there was any substantial development in landing
>aids on CVs since the "ball & lens" system (dunno if that's the
>correct term, I lend it from a book)?
>
>Taking into account that computer technology is a fast developing
>field and that in the age of fly-by-wire systems more and more
>aircraft reach the services that should at least theoretically have
>sufficient capabilities, I'd have expected systems by now that would
>provide fully automatic landings (at least for certain aircraft
>types).
>
>Is or was there such a system in existence or development by now?
>
>Thanks for any clarification...
>
>T.C.
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Regards,
On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 02:58:15 +0100, T.C. >
wrote:
>First of all: english isn't my native language, so please forgive me
>any unintentional slaughter of the english language...
>
>Though my interest in military aviation in general is quite old, my
>knowledge is somewhat superficial...
>I was wondering if there was any substantial development in landing
>aids on CVs since the "ball & lens" system (dunno if that's the
>correct term, I lend it from a book)?
>
>Taking into account that computer technology is a fast developing
>field and that in the age of fly-by-wire systems more and more
>aircraft reach the services that should at least theoretically have
>sufficient capabilities, I'd have expected systems by now that would
>provide fully automatic landings (at least for certain aircraft
>types).
>
>Is or was there such a system in existence or development by now?
>
>Thanks for any clarification...
>
>T.C.
>Despammed.COM is a provider with industrial grade SPAM-Filtering.
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