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fish314 · September 27th, 2007, 09:08

Basically the airplane needs to be equiped for it, and the crew needs special training to accomplish them. I never flew an airplane that was capable, but what I've heard is that basically you fly the ILS with the autopilot coupled to the approach. I think in a Cat II you hand fly from the DH (which is usually 100 ft AGL) to land, and in a Cat III the autopilot performs the landing... But don't quote me on that. The cool thing about the Cat III's is that you can fly them in 0/0 weather.

September 27th, 2007, 09:08	#2
fish314 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: (CBM) Columbus AFB, MS Posts: 1,219	Re: Tell me about category II and category III ratings. Basically the airplane needs to be equiped for it, and the crew needs special training to accomplish them. I never flew an airplane that was capable, but what I've heard is that basically you fly the ILS with the autopilot coupled to the approach. I think in a Cat II you hand fly from the DH (which is usually 100 ft AGL) to land, and in a Cat III the autopilot performs the landing... But don't quote me on that. The cool thing about the Cat III's is that you can fly them in 0/0 weather. __________________ Dude, what are you trying to do? Land the airplane or adjust the field elevation?