A COMPARISON OF TWO COMMERCIAL AND THE TERMINAL CONFIGURED VEHICLE AREA NAVIGATION SYSTEMS

A comparison was made of some of the more important features of two commercially available area navigation systems and the Terminal Configured Vehicle (TCV) area navigation system. Topics discussed included system design criteria, system elements, calculation of the navigation solution, and presentation of guidance information. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Langley Research Center

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Hampton, VA  United States  23665
• Authors:
  • KNOX, C E
  • Hartnell, D
• Publication Date: 1976-6-17

Media Info

• Pagination: 29 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft operations; Airlines; Cathode ray tubes; Economic factors; Flexibility; Flight control systems; Information display systems; Navigational aids; Terminal air traffic control
• Old TRIS Terms: Airline operations; Display devices; Terminal guidance
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00145801
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA-TM-X-72683
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM