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To: cosmicforce who wrote (126957)	12/11/2009 4:14:12 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540964

>>It has been a while since I was in aviation but I suspect that autoland is probably limited to relatively calm weather. Wiki says "for a B747-400 the limitations are a maximum headwind of 25 kts, a maximum tailwind of 10 kts, a maximum crosswind component of 25 kts, and a maximum crosswind with one engine inoperative of five knots." Sounds like the restrictions for a very junior pilot! << CF - To be sure, autoland is limited, and rightly so. I was just responding to the idea that plane landings were so dependent on kinesthetic learning that they could not be automated. As far as that goes, however, I don't think a landing in near zero visibility with a 25 knot crosswind sounds like something a junior pilot would be comfortable with. I would think that would be pretty hairy. - Allen