In this issue technically: 12th DASC report - our archaic air transport control: What can be done?

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Commercial airplanes in the Fiji archipelago fly straight from take-off to their destination, using global-positioning-satellite (GPS) receivers. So can general-aviation airplanes in the United States. Commercial airplanes on U.S. transcontinental routes fly dog-legs from city to city. An airplane flying across the Atlantic occupies an exclusive 10,000-cubic-mile moving box. These practices, plus waiting for take-off and landing opportunities, cost United Airlines $2 billion a year. The available USAF flight-management technology is reviewed to see what can be adapted for use in management of the commercial air-space. The problems and plans for implementing a seamless world-wide flight management system, are examined.<>

Keywords

air-traffic control; navigation; radionavigation; satellite relay systems; Air Force; GPS; U.S. transcontinental routes; USAF flight-management technology; United States; air transport control; commercial air-space; economics; general-aviation airplanes; global-positioning-satellite; Active matrix liquid crystal displays; Airplanes; Airports; Cathode ray tubes; Computer displays; Delay; Instruments; Research and development; Three dimensional displays; Two dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/62.275372

Filename

275372