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Present Trends in Research Towards All-Weather Landing for Civil Aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. R. Baxter
J. R. Baxter*
Affiliation:
Formerly Aeronautical Research Laboratories, Qantas Airways Ltd
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Following a brief description of the basic radio aids and the terminology used, the paper discusses in some detail the differences between the original British and American approaches to all-weather landing; the different types of equipment resulting from these two approaches are broadly described. The mixing of ideas which occurred at the IATA Conference at Lucerne in 1963 and the more recent tendency towards a blending of British and American ideas are then discussed, and some predictions are made as to the form of the ultimate all-weather landing system. Certain Australian contributions to display research and the simulation of low visibility in flight are mentioned in context.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 71 , Issue 678 , June 1967 , pp. 401 - 412
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1967

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