There was another near-miss on New Year's Day when a cargo pilot flying for Egypt failed to follow instructions from air traffic controllers and it nearly whacked an Airbus which wanted to land at Schipol in Amsterdam. The incident took place at 22,000 feet and it's not clear if NASA can address this aspect of airport congestion but the aircraft were in a controlled airspace or they wouldn't be under direction from the ground. (RT: Midair smash involving French passenger jet narrowly avoided on New Year’s Day)
(l to r) Jason McMahon, Helmuth Eggeling and Scott Nyberg -- lead test pilots from Honeywell Aerospace’s Flight Ops engineering organization – take part in final checkouts of the ATD-1 technologies and flight plans.
Credits: NASA / David C. Bowman
It’s time to fly.
After years of research and laboratory work, a full airborne demonstration of new technology and procedures aimed at improving air traffic flow into busy airports is on schedule to take off this month over Washington State.
Flight tests of the cockpit technology will begin as early as Jan. 20 and involve a trio of aircraft required to give FIM a workout by flying multiple runs of three categories of traffic scenarios, with tests possible through as late as Feb. 28.
Final preparations for the demonstration are underway, with all planning sessions and dress rehearsals on the ground complete, and the participating aircraft and flight crew will be deploying to Seattle within the week.
A flight readiness review that will lead to a final “go” for the tests to begin is scheduled for Jan. 19.
- NASA: Prototype Air Traffic Tool Ready for Airborne Workout
There's quite a bit more to the original article on the testing procedure and what they hope to achieve.
(l to r) Jason McMahon, Helmuth Eggeling and Scott Nyberg -- lead test pilots from Honeywell Aerospace’s Flight Ops engineering organization – take part in final checkouts of the ATD-1 technologies and flight plans.
Credits: NASA / David C. Bowman
It’s time to fly.
After years of research and laboratory work, a full airborne demonstration of new technology and procedures aimed at improving air traffic flow into busy airports is on schedule to take off this month over Washington State.
Flight tests of the cockpit technology will begin as early as Jan. 20 and involve a trio of aircraft required to give FIM a workout by flying multiple runs of three categories of traffic scenarios, with tests possible through as late as Feb. 28.
Final preparations for the demonstration are underway, with all planning sessions and dress rehearsals on the ground complete, and the participating aircraft and flight crew will be deploying to Seattle within the week.
A flight readiness review that will lead to a final “go” for the tests to begin is scheduled for Jan. 19.
- NASA: Prototype Air Traffic Tool Ready for Airborne Workout
There's quite a bit more to the original article on the testing procedure and what they hope to achieve.
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