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@nospam.demon.co.uk says...
On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 at 14:30:45 in message
, Darkwing
wrote:

"Jose" wrote in message
. ..
BTW: In case anyone has any fantacies of
being able to land a 777 by pushing an 'autoland button', an 'auto
land' is actually much more difficult than just hand flying.

So, how =do= you do an autoland?

Quickly:
Arm the spoilers
Set the auto brake as desired
Check the PFD shows the correct ILS frequency and ident.
Select 'approach' when flying to intercept the localiser
Check that all three ( for a 747-400) autopilots have engaged
Check that Localiser and Glide slope are armed.

Get the flaps and speed correct using autothrust.
Monitor the engagement of Localiser and Glide slope
Monitor the approach.

That's pretty much it.
[Snip]

David, is it true that all widebody a/c are autolanded (in gen)?

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Duncan