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   From: nospam@nospam.com   
      
   Bertie the Bunyip wrote:   
   > Nope, I don't., just good old fashioned ribing. Tomorrow, in fact I'm going   
   flying in  several airplanes considerable smaller than your fartbox..   
   > No FMC, no radios, in fact..   
   >   
   > But if that's how ya feel,Bye bye and don't let the door hit ya on the ass.   
   >   
   >   
   > Bertie   
   >> Well I believed we were having a good technical and operational   
   >> conversation here, but if you are resorting on making fun of other   
   >> people equipment, getting into the big against smaller aircraft type   
   >> of talk, well I guess we won't go far.   
   >> I believe that any of the latest equipments can, if correctly   
   >> programmed, fly from cruise level, all the way down to intercecept the   
   >> ILS then crash land on the runway without any intervention.   
   >>  From cruise program the FPL, the STAR, the appch, set RWY elevation,   
   >> VNAV and then just sit back and not touch the controls till over the   
   >> RWY. I'll of course have to configure flaps and gear, but other than   
   >> that. Of course this does not take into account request from ATC.   
   >>   
   >> But should ATC clear me all the way from FL450 to landing then I could   
   >> do that.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I could do that in the 727 without touching the taps all the wat to 1,000   
   feet, no matter what ATC did to me on the way down. Could do in anything in   
   fact.   
   >   
   > Haven't seen an FMC that can do it every time..   
   >   
   > And I mean zero thrust all the way down..   
   >   
   > Every time..   
   >   
   >   
      
   Yes, but recent aircraft, recent avionics can take all the way to the   
   runway, including tuning the approach frequency and intercept and fly   
   the ILS, ILS using the navaid not FMS.   
   Of course they cannot configure flaps and gear, you will have to do that   
   yourself   
      
   >> I'm pretty sure the latest Airbus and Boeing can do that too.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Well, maybe the 380 and the 777. the others can't. I'm sure.   
   >   
   >   
   As I said modern aircraft with the latest avionics, I'm pretty sure the   
   Wright Flyer couldn't do it either  ;-)   
      
      
   > Bertie   
      
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