Flying blind?

Thread View: aus.science

1 messages

[T] Back to Threads [V] Tree View [G] Group Articles

1 total messages Started by DonH Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:38

#871

Author: DonH
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:38

15 lines
2377 bytes

What, in this day and age?
   A pilot gets blinded by cloud or fog, and crashes into side of a 
mountain - can this be avoided?
   Radar can see through atmospheric obscurity, and GPS-EPIRB can determine 
location, so what is the problem?
   It may be that air traffic controllers at an airport rely on sight and 
radar to spot a plane coming into their airspace, but surely an aircraft's 
location could be known, at all times, to airports, by coordinates - if the 
plane transmitted a unique signal?
   Then, if the plane was in cloud/fog, it could be told it is heading into 
a hillside, so elevation is necessary.
   As for search for a crashed plane, if all planes carried not only a black 
box, but a constantly transmitting beacon, then no problem.
  (I remember an instructor, in WWII, training pilots, per a Link Trainer, 
in how to fly blind.)

Thread Navigation

This is a paginated view of messages in the thread with full content displayed inline.

Messages are displayed in chronological order, with the original post highlighted in green.

Use pagination controls to navigate through all messages in large threads.

Back to All Threads