Nigel, it's probably been somewhere between six and ten times, I haven't really been counting. It certainly proved it's worth on those occasions. Fog season is coming up so it's likely to get a good workout in the next couple of months.
Will, that's interesting but not being a pilot I can't really offer any intelligent comment.
As you'll appreciate, there are some closely defined procedures for CAT III ladnings. These effectively only allow one aircraft to be landing or taxiing at any given time in order to protect the sensitive areas of the localiser.
Aircraft doing practice auto lands in VMC are always advised that the sensitive areas of the localiser are not protected.
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