Autoland
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In aviation, autoland describes a system that fully automates the landing procedure of an aircraft's flight, with the flight crew supervising the process. Such systems enable airliners to land in weat
CAT IIIA landing
A BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident
Hawker Siddeley Trident
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The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley. In 1957, de Havilland proposed its DH.121 trijet design to a British European Airways request. By 1960, de Havilla
Autoland
…safely permit their use. The first aircraft to be certified to CAT III standards, on 28 December 1968, was the Sud Aviation Caravelle, followed by the Hawker-Siddeley HS.121 Trident in May 1972 (CAT IIIA) and to CAT IIIB during 1975. The Trident had been certified to CAT II on 7 February 1968. Besides providing automatic landing…
British Airways Trident 3B
The Trident was one of the first trijets, with all three Rolls-Royce Spey engines rear-mounted
Offset nosewheel to accommodate a large avionics bay beneath the flight deck
Six-abreast cabin