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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by savrajsingh on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:17AM (#21409044)
I’d hope that autoland connects to Garmin HQ and then they can coordinate and also just call up the tower and tell them what’s going on. Managing airspace and radio communications is the tricky part imo
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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by neom on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:36AM (#21409256)
I'd presume the plane will also start to squawk 7700, shouldn't be an issue then.
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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by FabHK on Friday November 01, 2019 @10:39AM (#21419310)
Autoland will squawk the emergency code 7700 on the transponder, and announce itself on the emergency frequency 121.5 and the local CTAF (common traffic advisory frequency, IIRC, which coincides with tower frequency if the airport is towered).
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Re:Piper Announces First GA Aircraft with Autoland Capability by kawfey on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:24AM (#21409125)
Uncontrolled airspace is much more of a concern, since there is no tower HQ can call.
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