Volpe Center Highlights - March/April 2002
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Papers and Presentations
Volpe Staff Member is Guest Editor for Air Traffic Control Quarterly
The impact of jet blast from a departing aircraft on the control authority of another aircraft landing on an orthogonal runway has long been a concern in the aviation community. The Volpe paper, "Simulation of Jet Blast Effect on Landing Aircraft," describes a computer simulation of these circumstances. |
Air Traffic Control Quarterly recently published its special issue on Flight Safety [Vol. 9, Number 3, 2001]. Published by the Air Traffic Control Association, a nonprofit professional organization, this quarterly journal presents peer-reviewed and selected technical articles authored by noted air traffic control experts from leading research and academic organizations from around the world. Dr. James Hallock, Aviation Safety Division, served as the Guest Editor of the Flight Safety issue, which examines the breadth of aviation safety analysis, presenting the application of various analysis techniques to diverse problems in the aviation realm. Three papers from the Volpe Center were included:
"GPS Availability and Outage Reporting for Aviation Applications," by Ms. Karen Van Dyke of the Center for Navigation. This paper examines GPS availability requirements by phase of flight and level of implementation. The impact of GPS satellite outages is discussed as it affects the availability of GPS for navigation.
"Simulation of Jet Blast Effect on Landing Aircraft," by Dr. Yan Zhang, Mr. Robert Rudis, and Dr. Frank Wang, all of the Surveillance and Sensors Division; and Mr. Ed Spitzer, Director of the Office of Traffic and Operations Management. This paper uses a computer simulation to examine the jet blast effect from a departing aircraft on an aircraft landing on a perpendicular runway.
"Air Traffic Control in Airline Pilot Simulator Training and Evaluation," by Dr. Judith Burki-Cohen and Mr. Andrew Kendra of the Operator Performance and Safety Analysis Division. This paper addresses the need for simulating realistic radio communications during airline pilot training and evaluation.
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