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New Airport Gear Shows The Way In The Fog By Bill Bishop The Register-Guard Published: Thursday, December 29, 2005 <The new system puts Eugene among four airports in the Northwest using the advanced gear. The others are Portland, Spokane and Seattle-Tacoma. The Category III Instrument Landing System projects an image on a special screen in front of a pilot called a "head-up display." The image provides altitude, heading, speed and other information. > <The new system is a big step forward, but not the ultimate solution to all fog-caused flight problems, Noble says. Eugene will have a few days when the fog is too thick for a Category III system landing. Also, not all airplanes are equipped with a head-up display, and not all pilots are trained to use it, Noble says. "I don't want to paint it as a solution to all situations," Noble says. The next generation of navigation systems will use forward-looking infrared radar that can see through fog and give pilots an image of buildings, vehicles and other objects at the airport. Future surface guidance systems will lead pilots directly to their gate after landing, Bush says.> ------- Good luck to Delhi airport in coping with future fog! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
