German tech may bring automatic landings to small airports

Big commercial aircraft are already routinely guided in for automatic landings at large airports, as their autopilot follows radio signals transmitted by ground-based antennas. Such auto-landings currently aren't possible at most small airports, although that could be about to change, thanks to a new German-designed system.

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Category: Aircraft

Tags:

• Airports
• autopilot
• GPS
• Technical University Munich
• Technische Universität Braunschweig

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