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An airborne image camera, its respective image scan plate and image Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) forms a display which simulates runway lights and Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) for the pilot so that the display portrays what the pilot would see, were it not for limited visibility conditions. The on-board CRT continuously enacts and displays, according to position of the aircraft, what would otherwise be visible to him as the runway lights of an illuminated runway, were it not for obscured vision. This is obtainable by RF microwave signals from a plurality of emitters and reflectors which substitute RF energy for visible spectrum light, with the RF energy received and processed by instruments in the aircraft to create a continuous display on the CRT.
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