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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 4:58 pm
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GreatChecko
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Mountain West USA
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Originally Posted by TRRed
That certainly is a scary thought, especially during a landing.
Not in VFR conditions. Believe me, a pilot wouldn't sit there and just allow the plane to oscillate across the glideslope in the clouds.

Plus, we are all fully capable of landing the plane by hand.

It it much more likely that the pilot or even the copilot( ) was just hand flying the plane.

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