EVALUATION OF THE FLYABILITY OF MLS CURVED APPROACHES FOR WIDE-BODY AIRCRAFT.

The present flight simulator study concerns an evaluation of flight director aided curved MLS approach paths with a simulated wide-body transport aircraft. Four curved approach paths, consisting of two straight segments and one 90 degrees circular segment with different straight final segment lengths, have been evaluated. Moreover, an MLS equivalent of the 13R Canarsie visual approach at Kennedy Int'l Airport, New York has been investigated. Test objectives were: - to demonstrate the flyability of curved