░░▒▓Gulfstream 450 business jet landing at Aspen Airport ▓▒░

This is a Gulfstream 450 business jet on a visual landing to Aspen, Colorado at night. The right half of the view is the pilot's normal visual path to the runway during darkness---in other words....totally black except for a few lights bobbing around. The left side of the screen is the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) which paints the heat signature of the outside terrain for pilots so they can see at night as though it were daytime. FLIR Technology is a great addition to the cockpit of commercial as well to military aircraft. It enables a pilot to successfully land an aircraft at night under VFR (Visual Flight Rules) Left side - FLIR Landing system presentation. Right Side - View out of the cockpit. Voices of the pilot and tower operator are audible.

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[Hbryant188]

@drumdude46 it can be displayed through the HUD, if you do not have a HUD equipped it can be displayed on the windscreen directly foward of the insturment panel or on the MFD.

[drumdude46]

so this "Visual" FLIR type depiction is displayed on some type of HUD for the pilot?

or in the CDU WIndow? both? MFD? what's the deal?

[dougdenter]

VERY NICE , video,, thanks for sharing!

[sethmac86]

If the system were to fail does a pilot still have to be IFR certified?

[TheNeverSeeingEye]

Now that should be standard on all jets . Can it see through clouds as well ?

[viewingFiend]

Sorry, I know for a fact this was shot from a Gulfstream 450 business jet using Honeywells forward-looking infrared (FLIR) technology. ScottF16 is absolutely correct (of course). Not a lot of F-16s have the need to drop into Aspen at night I wouldn't think.

[ScottF16]

Not an F-16