"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:
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The shuttle does an autoland approach and touches down manually.

There's no such thing as an "autoland approach." You can automate the
approach, but if the automation doesn't take you to touchdown, it's not
an
autoland.

Funny, the FAA seems to think otherwise:

http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraff...pubs/PCG/A.HTM

From the ink:

"AUTOLAND APPROACH- An autoland approach is a precision instrument
approach to touchdown and, -IN SOME CASES-, through the landing
rollout."

Emphasis mine.

Wrong again.

The FAA agrees with me.

I didn't say anything about autoland including rollout. But it always
includes touchdown, just like the FAA says, otherwise it's just an
approach.
And, inevitably, any autoland that includes rollout also includes
touchdown,
since touchdown comes first. An autoland that does not include rollout
still
includes touchdown.

What is your point, exactly?

The fact you are too stupid to realize just how infrequently it is actually
used, for openers.

Then the fact that you are just too stupid.