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Old 01-31-2012, 09:24 AM
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DirectTo
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Alder, since you're an -11 guy, and I fly an airplane with no Cat 2/3/autoland capability of any sort, I got a question for you.

I was jumpseating on an FX MD-11 that did an autoland for currency. Light winds, beautiful morning. The landing itself was a thing of beauty...really nice and remarkably soft.

Is that normal? I would have thought autoland would be more of a "get it down, firmly and at the touchdown point so the numbers are valid" sort of thing. Or did I just catch it on a lucky day?
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