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Old 12-28-2008 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ClutchCargo
I understand. What I meant to ask is are they flying CAT3b as a "see to land"? As you know, we (FX) are not required to have any visual cues to land under CAT3b.
They are hand flying a Cat-3 using a HUD. That means see to land. I seriously doubt their op specs (or anyone's) allow a hand flown landing without seeing something.

We're not required to have visual cues because we're flying a coupled approach to an autoland. Big difference.
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