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Originally Posted by john70t
-Every runway gets turned into a gigantic lazy-susan and turns into the wind.
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Funny you mentioned that. Naval Air Station North Island had a circular runway back in the old days. See the wind sock, steer plane to pointy end of said wind sock.
They sprayed tar on the dirt to keep the dust down...huge environment issues to this day.
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Originally Posted by KNS
I wonder, if/when the day comes, how an automated, pilotless plane will handle those conditions.
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They actually do excellent. I managed the Navy's Globalhawk UAS, the Triton, used to go out to the LSO shack at Pax to watch it land. Hit the same spot every time.