ALL-WEATHER AUTOMATIC LANDING CONCEPTS AND OPERATIONS: REVIEW OF AEROSPATIALE EXPERIENCE

This paper reviews Aerospatiale's experience and achievements in the field of all-weather automatic landing and describes the Automatic Flight Control Systems installed on the following aircraft: Caravelle, equipped with a fail-passive system; Airbus, equipped with a "double-multiple" -type, fail-operational system; and Concorde, equipped with a duplicated monitored-type fail-operational system. The certification conditions are discussed for each of these systems together with a brief description of their design principles and operational limits. Finally, the experience gained by the French domestic airline Air Inter in the field of low-visibility automatic landing with its Caravelles is detailed both as far as the means implemented and the results obtained are concerned.

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  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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• Authors:
  • Negre, Y
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 323-326
• Serial:
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • ISSN: 0021-8669
  • Serial URL: https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/ja

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airborne navigational aids; Aircraft; All weather landing systems; Automatic pilot (Aircraft); Automation; Flight control systems; Landing; Sensors; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Aircraft instruments
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170191
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1978 12:00AM