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"Paul Michael Brown" wrote...
How was the laser used to make landing easier in bad weather? Why was it a "no-no in many places?" Laser Ranging could be used in place of the Radar Azimuth and Elevation locks to provide more precise targeting and position updating info. In Landing Mode, it updated the aircraft position relative to known offsets (e.g., an arresting gear engine or radar shack near the runway). As long as the humidity was low enough to allow laser penetration, it worked well. However, if the offset was a manned building, or an LSO was on station at the runway, shining the Laser at him would be ungood... |
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As long as the humidity was low enough to allow laser penetration, it
worked well. And the Rock (Whidbey Island) is not known for low humidity as all who have been there will testify. This applies as well to many other locales infested with Naval aircraft, starting with the ship. -- Mike Kanze 436 Greenbrier Road Half Moon Bay, California 94019-2259 USA 650-726-7890 "The enemy should be in no doubt that we are his Nemesis and that we are bringing about his rightful destruction." - Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins, Royal Irish Battle Group, to his troops on the eve of Operation Iraqi Freedom "John R Weiss" wrote in message news:98Tfc.145077$gA5.1764085@attbi_s03... "Paul Michael Brown" wrote... How was the laser used to make landing easier in bad weather? Why was it a "no-no in many places?" Laser Ranging could be used in place of the Radar Azimuth and Elevation locks to provide more precise targeting and position updating info. In Landing Mode, it updated the aircraft position relative to known offsets (e.g., an arresting gear engine or radar shack near the runway). As long as the humidity was low enough to allow laser penetration, it worked well. However, if the offset was a manned building, or an LSO was on station at the runway, shining the Laser at him would be ungood... |
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