Problem of landing in adverse weather and interrelated factors, grouped into following areas -- weather characteristics, ground facilities, airline operation, and airplane design and development; review of DC-8/SP-30 advanced automatic pilot development program as related to all weather landing, aimed at providing smooth flight path by use of automatic pilot; development of system for over-coming approach beam variations through use of barometric sink rate which provides smooth flight path to point of flare; additional work and improved instrument displays required.
Douglas looks at all-weather landing problems
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1962 Landing
1962
26 pages
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
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DOUGLAS LOOKS AT THE ALL-WEATHER LANDING PROBLEMS
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