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Tough time, safe landing

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Submitted by ipsita on Wed, 1996-07-31 00:00

over the last few years, the military's network of 24 global positioning satellites has emerged as a promising technology for landing planes in bad weather. Compared with the existing system of poor-visibility landings, the global positioning system (gps) is cheaper, more versatile, and could drastically reduce weather related airport delays.

But one question remained unanswered: can gps reliably land planes in near zero visibility weather category

thesaurus: 
Air Transport
Scientific And Technical Development
Main Topic: 
India
Name of the Newspaper: 
Down To Earth
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Main Type: 
dte
Publication Date: 
30/07/1996