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VICKERS VC10: Part Three—Automatic Landing System Description of the System Philosophy, Equipment Adopted, Proving Programme and Development Potential

G.W. Webber B.Sc. (Eng.), A.C.G.I., A.F.R.Ae.S. (Senior Designer and VC10 Autopilot Project Engineer, Vickers‐ rmstiongs (Aircraft) Ltd., Member Company of British Aircraft Corporation, Weybridge, Surrey.)

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 June 1962

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Abstract

FOR a number of years, a considerable amount of research and experimental effort has been expended on the problem of approach and landing of aircraft in operational circumstances where the visual references and the atmospheric conditions are below the levels considered safe for the pilot, assisted only by conventional instrumentation.

Citation

Webber, G.W. (1962), "VICKERS VC10: Part Three—Automatic Landing System Description of the System Philosophy, Equipment Adopted, Proving Programme and Development Potential", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 172-178. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033568

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