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Old 03-17-2017, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by sriram View Post
.........And was Lockheed Tristar the first to do such a landing as early as 1978. I couldn't get more authentic references from wiki....
I believe the L-1011 was the first US manufactured aircraft to have auto land built in from the start and certified to use. If memory servers me correctly, the first US CAT 3 auto lands in the US occurred in ATL sometime shortly after the FAA give its blessing (to operators, aircraft and airports). Both Delta and Eastern air lines operated the L-1011 and on the some day in the late 70's or early 80's the weather was below CAT 2 in ATL. These were the first air carrier (CAT 3 and auto land) landings while in revenue service.
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