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Nov 2019
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TAP094: Contaminated Runway Reporting

Matt & Andy
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This week Matt talks about how runway braking actions are reported and the new technology helping to improve it.

Airbus and its subsidiary NAVBLUE have developed a new technology to use the aircraft itself as a sensor to measure the available runway braking action, and subsequently share that data to the benefit of oncoming traffic and the airport authorities.

 

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