Meanwhile, the first officer monitors the approach and alert panel,” said Tajer. Usually the captain is focused on the aircraft's position represented by a donut on the HUD and keeping that donut in line with the flight guidance system. “It gives pilots the ability to land in conditions with very low visibility runway visual range to the point where basically right at 50 feet above the ground is when you’ll start to see the actual runway. Tajer, who has flown CAT III landings for several years in the 737, said that CAT III approaches do not happen often but are extremely beneficial to pilots flying in low visibility conditions. However, it is significantly different than flying in an aircraft with no HUD, says Dennis Tajer, a Boeing 737 captain for American Airlines and communications committee chairman for the Allied Pilots Association (APA). Do not use it for flight Please note that Smartcockpit is not affiliated in any. Flying CAT III approaches in aircraft featuring a HUD can vary based on airline policy. The material contained on this site is to be used for training purposes only.
Esterline CMC supplies the aircraft information server (AIS) for the aircraft.īy achieving the CAT III autoland approval, pilots flying the A220 can now use the aircraft’s HUD system in combination with its autopilot functionality to land in low visibility conditions.
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This is achieved via thousands of auto-landings in simulation environments and hundreds of auto-landings on our A220 flight-test vehicles,” the representative said.Īirbus A220 aircraft are equipped with the Collins Aerospace Pro Line Fusion flight deck and a standard heads-up display (HUD) system. Air Canada is proud to support Canadian innovation and engineering with the introduction of 45 Airbus A220-300 aircrafts to our fleet, with the inaugural flight on January 16, 2020. “We have to demonstrate that the autoland system meets the robustness and the performance requirements of the regulations. 41 Later, on 13 September 2021, Breeze Airways confirmed the order of additional 20 A220-300s, bringing its total orders up to 80 aircraft of this type.
A representative for the Airbus A220 program confirmed that the aircraft has achieved CAT IIIA and B approval from civil aviation certification bodies in Canada, Europe and the United States. 2021 edit In the monthly orders and deliveries report for March 2021, Airbus announced that an undisclosed customer had ordered 20 A220-300s, bringing a total of 649 A220 aircraft to order.
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