The usefulness of a painted diamond on a runway as a visual aid to perform safe landings of aircraft was studied. Flight data on glideslope intercepts, flight path elevation angles, and touchdown distances were collected and analyzed. It is concluded that an appropriately painted diamond on a runway has the potential of providing glideslope information for the light weight class of general aviation aircraft. This conclusion holds irrespective of the differences in landing techniques used by the pilots.


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    Title :

    An Analysis of Flight Data from Aircraft Landings with and Without the Aid of a Painted Diamond on the Same Runway


    Contributors:
    R. Swaroop (author) / G. R. Ashworth (author)

    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    51 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English