FAA PROPOSES SIMULATOR-BASED STUDY OF MLS USES FOR WIDE-BODY AIRCRAFT

The FAA is proposing a 17-month study using advanced aircraft simulators to verify the ability of wide-body transports to fly stable precision, curved and segmented approaches using the microwave landing system (MLS). The study would be an interagency effort with NASA's Advanced Transport Operating Systems Group, in Langley, Virginia, and a major airframe manufacturer. The study would be the first step in a proposed three-year FAA program to address concerns among airline pilots and operations personnel about the need for and capabilities of MLS in the airline industry. The FAA has renewed its efforts to overcome industry opposition to introduction of MLS as a replacement for existing instrument landing system (ILS) units by the international transition target of 1998. The FAA has addressed industry representatives on the capacity benefits that could be realized with MLS, and has conducted flight demonstrations to introduce airline pilots to the practical uses of MLS.

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• Authors:
  • McKenna, J T
• Publication Date: 1988-10-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 115
• Serial:
  • Aviation Week & Space Technology
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 14
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0005-2175

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Demonstration projects; Microwave landing systems; Simulation; Training simulators; Wide body aircraft
• Uncontrolled Terms: Capacity
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00477447
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1988 12:00AM