Lufthansa's regional daughter-company, Lufthansa CityLine, has started test flights of a Flight Dynamics head-up guidance system (HGS) for its Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) fleet. The company hopes to equip its entire fleet of 28 CRJs with the system by the end of August.
The HGS was certificated for flight operations by the German Federal Office of Civil Aviation (LBA) at the end of April. The system will allow manual instrument landings in Category IIIa conditions - with visibility down to 200m (650ft) and a decision height of 50ft - previously only possible with auto-pilot assistance.
The Lufthansa regional subsidiary says that it is the first operator in Europe to install the Flight Dynamics HGS on its fleet.
Source: Flight International
