Garmin auto land saves King Air

[DropTank]

Do you guys never go 15 min in cruise without doing something?

Really depends on the aircraft, and type of flying.

Longer legs, there's nothing to do.

 

[DropTank]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Nl3LOZNjc


audio of incident

 

[DropTank]

LOL, some chucklehead in the Insta comments is opining that it's "not perfect" as it circled once instead of calculating base to final results.

Reminds me of the old "You would complain if they hung you with an old rope"

The system sets up the airplane for a "keyhole"... basically a FAF.
IF the aircraft is in an inappropriate energy state and/or altitude, it will select a hold so it can descend and/or slow down.
It adjusts the arrival time then continues the approach.

Damn thing actually flares!

I guessed it would Carrier Land the plane, but nope!

 

[DE727UPS]

Really depends on the aircraft, and type of flying.

Longer legs, there's nothing to do.

767 going to Hawaii if we didn't move a switch, knob, or key a mic, we'd get an EICAS message in 30 min (I think). It said "pilot response". After 45 you'd get a ding and after an hour a really, really, loud horn went off to wake you up.

 

[DropTank]

767 going to Hawaii if we didn't move a switch, knob, or key a mic, we'd get an EICAS message in 30 min (I think). It said "pilot response". After 45 you'd get a ding and after an hour a really, really, loud horn went off to wake you up.

Is that specific to the type, airline, or route?

 

[DE727UPS]

No, it's a Boeing thing I believe. 757 would do it but we were never so inactive domestically.

 

[ASpilot2be]

767 going to Hawaii if we didn't move a switch, knob, or key a mic, we'd get an EICAS message in 30 min (I think). It said "pilot response". After 45 you'd get a ding and after an hour a really, really, loud horn went off to wake you up.

The 777 does that too. But I think it's 5 minutes. We get the message a lot on ocean crossings.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

The Garmin Auto land picks up the weather, selects the most appropriate airport/runway, configures the aircraft, and lands.

It will land on a less-than-ideal runway if no appropriate runway exists.

It will also set up a hold pattern if the aircraft is not in the ideal configuration and energy state.

It automatically squawks 7700 so approach/center will know something is wrong.

Autoland also announces intentions, runway selected, location, time to land, and emergency status.

It's actually a relatively robust system.

Can ATC talk to it, and it talk back?

 

[DropTank]

Can ATC talk to it, and it talk back?

Nope, broadcast only.

Although you'd think that CPDLC can be used to receive commands, but that's a security nightmare for another day