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Bjorn’s Corner: Aircraft stability, Part 7

May 25, 2018, ©. Leeham News: In the last Corner we discussed the autopilots one finds in Airliners and high-end Business jets. We looked at how the autopilot was part of the larger Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) in… Read More

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 Posted on May 25, 2018 by

 Bjorn's Corner, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries

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Bjorn’s Corner: Landing after navigation

6 May 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In a recent Corner, we covered how to navigate a modern airliner with the help of the Flight Management System (FMS). We described how the FMS uses different navigation receivers to fly the… Read More

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 Posted on May 6, 2016 by

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Bjorn’s Corner: The role of a Flight Management System

  15 April 2016, ©. Leeham Co: In several of my Corners when describing flight control systems and autopilots for airliners, I have written about the aircraft’s Flight Management System (FMS) without actually describing its role completely. The… Read More

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 Posted on April 15, 2016 by

 Airbus, Bjorn's Corner, Boeing

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