Clarification: Widerøe Dash 8-100 Conducts World's First GPS SCAT-1 Approach

An alert reader noted the following in a recent story regarding a GPS SCAT-1 approach in Norway:

"The headline sounds good (Widerøe Dash 8-100 Conducts World's First GPS SCAT-1 Approach), but it's a little misleading.  I would have thought you would have remembered the real first SCAT-1 approach:"

"Continental Debuts Satellite Landing System Washington DC - September 22, 1998 - A new era of commercial aviation began Monday when Continental Airlines performed the first commercial flight using a revolutionary satellite landing system."

"Honeywell Inc. and Pelorus Navigation Systems Inc. designed and developed the SLS-2000 system, which was the only GPS Landing System (GLS) SCAT-1 in the world at that time that had received all necessary approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The inaugural GLS flight was conducted aboard a Continental Airlines MD-80, originating in Washington, D.C.  The historic landings were made at Newark and Minneapolis-St. Paul international airports."

Flt Tech Online has changed the headline to read "Widerøe Dash 8-100 Conducts GPS SCAT-1 Approach." 11-19-2007.

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