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Those are PVDs, or ParaVisual Displays.

The idea is that you don't 'read' them by looking at them directly but that youkeep them in your periferal vision so that you stay aware of it's movement.

 

In the video you can see that they turn on at touchdown and start moving when the aircraft turns off the runway centerline.

 

In good visibility the pilot can keep the aircraft on the runway centerline by observing the runway with his periferal vision (just like you keep a car on the road by looking ahead).

In a low visibility situation like in the video he cannot view the runway and the PVD will act as a substitute.

 

Go to page 182.

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If you watch the entire video you will notice the first officer flying until about 1,000'. At that point the Captain takes over. Almost always Cat III's are Captains Landings.

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Chinese? Oh that is so very helpful! :wacko:


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Yep..what F16 said....just as my major airline captain friend told me today...

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Chinese? Oh that is so very helpful! :wacko:

It is an english document.

Page 182 (of the pdf) has a desription of the PVD.

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It is an english document.

Page 182 (of the pdf) has a desription of the PVD.

Okay, evidently the link didn't work yesterday, as all saw was a wall of Chinese ideographs...

 

Today, I got the PFD document.


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