Human factors issues with airborne data link: Towards increased crew acceptance for both en-route and terminal flight operations

The experiments described had three main objectives: First, to validate the recommendations for an improved Man Machine Interface (MMI) design based on a Phase I experiment on the human factors of data link in glass cockpits. Second, to investigate the effect of directly loading data linked Air Traffic Control (ATC) instructions into the various...

Flight simulator evaluation of the flyability of curved MLS approaches with wide-body aircraft

The flight simulator study described In this report concerns an evaluation of flight director flown curved MLS approach paths with a simulated wide-body transport aircraft. Four curved approach paths, consisting of two straight segments and one 90 degrees circular segment with different straight final segment lengths, have been investigated....

Failures in advanced flight control systems of future transport aircraft

Future transport aircraft will be different from to-day's in that they will be designed to be statically neutrally stable or even unstable to improve economics, while the stability will be provided by means of a fly-by-wire flight control system. Since this system will be flight critical it is necessary to develop a philosophy on the treatment...

A simulation investigation on the feasibility of curved approaches under MLS guidance. Revised edition

Exploratory investigation of decelerating approaches of a twin-engined jet transport: Vol. II: Moving-base simulation and comparison with related experiments

Aircraft noise perceived on the ground can be reduced by decelerating the aircraft during the landing approach. As an additional benefit the lower thrust settings existing during a part of the approach and the shorter approach time result in a reduced fuel consumption as compared to a conventional approach. This report deals with an experiment...