"Oskar Wagner"
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Nov 26, 2007, 9:43 AM
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Yeah, right. Usually the approach is flown manually. However don't forget
that commercial flying is not necessarily comparable to "flying for fun" all
the time. Although most pilots really enjoy manual flying it is highly
adviseable that in high density traffic areas the A/P is used as extenisvely
as possible just to keep workload low. Even if it would be great fun to fly
manually over Lake Erie into O'Hare I would rather stick to A/P and be able
to support the copilots work (or v.v.). These are the parts where flying
really becomes a piece of hard work rather than enjoyable fun....  ))
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Oskar
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"Not4wood" <no_mgottes@spam_verizon.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:x2A2j.11959$B21.301@trndny07...
> From what I understand, the Pilot will disconnect the AP at about 1000'
> MSL and bring it on home on there own.
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> Anybody who is or was a RW Pilot would be able to give more correct
> information about this. Oskar, any comments??
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> Not4wood
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> "Iain Smith" <iainsmithdotrugbyatbtinternetdotcom> wrote in message
> news:1rCdnVk1y8NpX9fanZ2dnUVZ8v6dnZ2d@bt.com...
>> "Cameron Peters" <cameronpeters@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:474a468a$0$25392$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>>> I would like to know does each of the below aircraft have the Flight
>>> Management Computer for auotlanding.
>>>
>>> Airbus Series Volume 1
>>>
>>> Dash 8 - 300
>>>
>>> 777 Professional
>>>
>>> A340 Professional
>>>
>>> A340-500 / 600
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>> Cameron, I assume you're using FS9 (FS2004) as some of these are rather
>> old now and may not work well in FSX. I can only comment on the Dash 8
>> and the A340 Professional, both of which were originally developed for
>> FS2002, then upgraded for FS2004. They have FMCs and, as far as I know,
>> are autoland capable although I'm not too sure of the Dash 8 as I've
>> never tried it.
>>
>> This brings me to my next point. I'm curious as to why you are so keen on
>> doing autolands in the sim. There is nothing really marvellous about a
>> computerised simulation making a computer model of a plane do an
>> automatic landing! It's nowhere near the achievement of the real thing
>> doing it! Also bear in mind that in RL, the vast majority of landings are
>> manual.
>>
>> Iain
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