MD-80 Lands With D-GPS
Continental Airlines has taken a big step toward 21st-century air navigation with the first differential-GPS instrument approach by a revenue-service aircraft in the U.S. Fred Abbott, Continental's vice president of operations, said the MD-80's flight on Sept. 21 marks the biggest advance in airport...
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