United States Air Force jet cargo transport must be capable of landing under conditions of limited visibility; landing function without dependence on ground base systems is accomplished through vertical navigation computer; two step programmed let-down to predetermined longitude and latitude is concept of system; in favorable terrain let-downs and approaches are planned to 200 ft altitude; computer outputs can be used by flight director for manual pilot control and by automatic flight control system for automatic modes; system is designed for future improvements.


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    Title :

    Military and civil all weather landing systems for C-141


    Additional title:

    J Aircraft


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1966


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :






    All-weather landing

    Philip Butterworth-Hayes | Online Contents | 2015