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Considering the safety issue, the FWFR needs to descend smoothly at a slower speed, although the desired pitch angle cannot be set to a negative value, which will result in instability in the pitch. Therefore, it is typically necessary to choose a pitch angle for landing based on the real...
One of the early reactions at this point to the collision at DCA this evening was a comparison to earlier similar situations. Now, because of various safety improvements, two planes hitting each other, outside of runway incursions, has become much rarer. This evening’s flight was operated by...
Flight Safety Information Journal www.FSinfo.org August 2003 Special Edition Essays in Airport Operations Safety Editor: Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP FSI Journal Contents August 2003 Essays in Airport Operations Safety Page 3 6 FOD: SMALL PIECES, BIG PROBLEM David H. Martin THE BEST AIRPORT DESIGN ...
counsel on engineering, operational, and safety matters related to the Space Station, Shuttle upgrades, and advanced human Space Exploration Programs, back to the Moon and on to Mars. In February 1996 Young was assigned as Associate Director (Technical), responsible for technical, operational and ...
“Five years post acquisition, Jet Edge has gained significant distinction by climbing to the top in the business aviation industry and surpassing prominent veteran operators in overall flight hours, safety policies, fleet size, and charter flight activity” ...
4400 meters/14400 feet past the runway threshold and about 90 meters short of the localizer antennas, was airborne at 75 feet AGL at 234 knots over ground already over the first residential houses past the runway (5640 meters/18500 feet past the runway threshold), then climbed ou...
The results extend the performance and subjective data analysis of safety re- lated maneuvers in 11. Keywords: Remote Tower Operation, visual cues, videopanorama, field test- ing, aerodrome circling, flight maneuvers, two-alternative decisions, signal de- tection theory, Bayes inference. 1 ...
Strategic: (system capabilities not critical to safety of flight) Real-time wind speed and direction 1. Status of spray off/on, proportional flow and spray system pressure 2. Error conditions-spray switch on, low flow, low pressure 3. Temperature inversion warning ...
27.An apparatus for controlling information provided at an aircraft display medium, comprising:a first rotary switch portion rotatable about a rotation axis to a plurality of first positions, with individual first positions corresponding to categories of aircraft operations information;a menu display coupl...