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Predictive Weather Display in ATC: Implications for Research and Training

Two systems are central to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) air traffic management program - Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) and En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM).

Beyond the Classroom: Applying a Business Process Model of Weather Forecasting to Aviation Meteorology

Modern weather analysis and forecasting has become a very complex enterprise, with aspects that are purely scientific, and others that are business operations-related.

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Effects of Barred Wing Owl Adaption on the Gliding Distance of a Model Airplane

In seeking ways to reduce aircraft noise at airports as part of the Silent Aircraft Initiative, researchers studied the quiet flight of the owl in reducing airframe noise.

Tracing the History of the Ornithopter: Past, Present, and Future

Since the earliest recorded history, humans have shared a nearly universal desire for the freedom of flight. This obsession with escaping gravity's unblinking gaze to somehow slip aloft, even for a fleeting moment, has i…

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Heuristics to Improve Human Factors Performance in Aviation

This paper reviews literature related to heuristic cognitive strategies as they are used by flight crews. A review of heuristic and naturalistic cognition is presented.

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The Wright Patent Lawsuit: Reflections on the Impact on American Aviation

The Wright brothers, it must be conceded, were the first to fly a powered, heavier-than-air machine in sustained flight and under control.

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Visual Information Management: A New Skill for Online Course Development

Visual information management refers to the total package of effort that results in successful online delivery of education. It includes the delivery system, student preferences and perceptions, learning and teaching sty…

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Development and Validation of an Aviation Research Survey

Surveys are one of the more commonly utilized data collection instruments in aviation research. Unfortunately, there often is little information provided as to how the surveys utilized in such studies were developed.

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Freud’s Ego in the Cockpit

In the early 1900's, Sigmund Freud theorized the three parts of a person's personality: the id, the ego, and the superego. The ego controls the id's desires because they may have consequences or not be socially acceptabl…

Accident Reduction through Crew Resource Management

The advent of technology has aided pilots navigate challenging terrain and avoid potentially disastrous weather systems, but the large mounts of information required to process have significantly hindered crews, some to …

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The Rationale for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Ph.D. in Aviation: A Brief Explication

The earliest versions of a doctoral degree originated in Europe during the Middle Ages as a license for a master to impart wisdom to students at the universities of that time.

Digital Training to Analog Flying: Assessing the Risks of a Stark Transition

There are many advantages to train new pilots using the latest technically advanced aircraft (TAA ). Most believe that the advanced avionic displays, autopilots, and moving maps, which emulate larger commercial aircraft …

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System Safety Study: Pedagogical Aviation Action Research

Action Research (AR) is a scientific methodology whereby researchers participate in a research setting for data collection and problem resolution.

Study on Airworthiness Requirements of Composite Aircraft Structure for Transport Category Aircraft in FAA

Abstract This article focus on the introduction of composite structure characteristics and background of usage in civil aviation, also on airworthiness requirements in FAR 25 which include raw materials, manufacturing pr…

Principles for determining material allowable and design allowable values of composite aircraft structures

Abstract In this paper, the determining methods of composite structure material and design allowable values are presented. The characterization and application of material allowable, examining and statistical analysis wa…

Stability of Spatially Distributed, Intersecting Aircraft Flows Under Sequential Conflict Resolution Schemes

This paper discusses the effect of sequential conflict resolution maneuvers of an infinite aircraft flow through a finite control volume.

Experiments on the morphology of icicles

Icicles form when cool water drips from an overhanging support under ambient conditions which are below freezing. Ice growth is controlled by the removal of latent heat, which is transferred into the surrounding air via …

JPDO's Plans for NextGen Service Oriented Architecture

NextGen Service Oriented Architecture will require considerable test and evaluation. JPDO's Net-centric Operations Division is planning an Inter-agency Test Bed to leverage Agency resources.

Capillary Rise and Imbibition of Liquids in Nanoporous Matrices: Rheological Concepts and Experiments

Liquid flow propelled by capillary forces is one of the most important transport mechanisms in porous environments. It is governed by a fascinating interplay of interfacial, viscous drag as well as gravitational forces w…

Loss of Thrust in Both Engines After Encountering a Flock of Birds — US Airways 1549

US Airways 1549 (A320) Hudson River ditching, January 15, 2009. NTSB investigation of the successful ditching of US Airways 1549 in the Hudson River after a Canada Goose strike disabled both CFM56 engines.

Airframe Noise Flight Test Measurements Using an Electret Condenser Microphone Array

An extensive collection of airframe noise flight test data has been acquired for a regional jet class of aircraft using a ground-based electret condenser microphone phased array system.

Airline Quality Rating 2010

The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria.

Emerging Standards for Aerodrome Mapping Databases and Datalink Technologies to Enable Reductions in Runway Incursions/Excursions

The integration of onboard databases with data linked aeronautical information services (AIS) is a task that RTCA and EUROCAE are pursuing.

Control of Complex Maneuvers for a Quadrotor UAV using Geometric Methods on SE(3)

This paper provides new results for control of complex flight maneuvers for a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The flight maneuvers are defined by a concatenation of flight modes or primitives, each of which is a…

Introduction of Glass Cockpit Avionics into Light Aircraft

Special report examining the introduction of glass cockpit avionics into the light aircraft fleet. Compares accident-rate trends pre- and post-glass-cockpit adoption and recommends training-curriculum updates to address …

Loss of Control on Approach — Colgan Air Flight 3407

Colgan Air 3407 / Continental Connection (Q400) Buffalo NY, February 12, 2009 — 50 fatalities. Definitive investigation of the Colgan 3407 stall-stick-pusher crash on approach to Buffalo.

Requiring Laptop Computers: Aviation Student Perceptions

Laptop initiatives at colleges and universities have remained in low numbers despite increases in the technology and decreases in the costs.

Effects of Repetitive End Cleaning on Multimode Plastic Fiber Optic Cable Performance

Periodic cleaning of the end faces of fiber optic cable links in aircraft avionics systems is undertaken as part of routine maintenance or when problems develop.

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Pilot’s Style of Learning and Thinking and Age-Related Declines in Visual Recall

This study examined the styles of learning and thinking and age-related visual recall performance of pilots. The study used the Style of Learning and Thinking (SOLAT) survey instrument to determine pilot's learning prefe…

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Hypoxia Awareness Training Using Normobaric Lab Technology as a Training System

Walking across the ramp of almost any general aviation airport ramp it is easy to spot an array of high performance aircraft like the Cirrus or Diamond that have joined the ranks of Cessna and Pipers with capabilities of…

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Barriers to Work-Based Learning in Aviation Management Programs

To what extent do practitioners of Work-based Learning (WBL) in Aviation Management (AVM) programs agree that these programs themselves, their students and faculty, and their industry partners present barriers to partici…

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General Aviation Security: A Safety Management System Model for Collegiate Learning

A well constructed plan-do-check-act (PDCA) tool, in the context of a Safety Management System (SMS), and incorporating a structured field survey, can help students prepare for real-world problems, situations and crises …

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