You are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

lsdflkoi ago

Makes me wonder if this is why auto-land and other such systems were physically disabled on military aircraft that were so equipped. They had to actually certify these systems, spending millions to verify they could perform their function then once in service, they had it disabled to include a physical inspection to ensure it was still disco'd every so many flying hours.

Disclaimer: I'm told other aircraft had this feature, I'm only familiar with C-5's...

As a young Airman, I just figured it was to discourage people from trying to steal/hijack aircraft. Takeoff/flying is pretty easy, it's the darn landings that are tricky, lol.

Blacksmith21 ago

Galaxys. That's a big mofo to crew on. I love seeing the heavy lifts lumbering up out of Andrews.