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Safer Skies: Infrastructure Work Group
Safer Skies: Infrastructure Work Group
Safer Skies: New Technologies/Next Gen
• Premise: Safer Skies requires the same commitment—policy, innovation, funding, and technology for vertical flight that currently exists for commercial Part 121 aviation.
• Premise: the current architecture to support vertical flight is not sufficient to realize the potential and promise of Next Gen.
Safer Skies: New Technologies/Next Gen
• Helipads:
• AC
• Magnetic Interference
• Markings
• Lighting
• Nationa database
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PREMISEPREMISE
Some heliports have been shown to have a high degree of magnetic interference associated with their locations.
This can be due to a large electrical consumer located in the vicinity of the heliport environment such as: Ventilation Fan Motors Elevator Motors Magnetic Resonance Imaging Systems (MRI) Transformers
Other possible sources of magnetic interference can be associated with: The iron reinforcement material (Re-Bar) used in the
construction of the concrete for the heliport itself. Large concentrations of electrical wiring. Large concentrations of iron piping for water service or
drainage.
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APPLICATIONAPPLICATION
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FIELD APPLICATIONFIELD APPLICATION
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APPLICATIONAPPLICATION
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Aircraft ShutdownAircraft Shutdown& Rotor Slowdown& Rotor Slowdown
Blade Tips Marked in Red
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Broken Fin Departs AircraftBroken Fin Departs Aircraft
Broken Fin
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Flight Planning Flight Planning RequirementsRequirements
FAR Sec. 91.103 Preflight action Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, become
familiar with all available information concerning that flight.
FAR Sec. 135.299 — Pilot in command: Line checks: Routes and airports. (c) Each certificate holder shall establish in the manual
required by §135.21 a procedure which will ensure that each pilot who has not flown over a route and into an airport within the preceding 90 days will, before beginning the flight, become familiar with all available information required for the safe operation of that flight.
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PossibilitiesPossibilities
If a dynamic database for both public and private heliports where constructed how could it potentially be utilized? In cockpit accessibility, i.e. Garmin GPS Pilot updateable via smart phones XM weather overlay Flight following integration Point to point messaging Collision Avoidance Alert System with text & email capability
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Safer Skies: New Technologies/Next Gen
• Weather
Current Sources of Weather Reporting
1100 Non-Fed AWOS 198 Federal AWOS 100 Federal AWSS 874 Federal ASOS 2,272 Total
WEATHER
DISIMINATION METHODS IN USE TODAY
THIRD PARTY OUTLETS
•The Internet/WEB has seen an explosion of sites & apps providing Aviation Weather.
•Sirius WM WX (In the Cockpit)
•ForeFlight (Iphone, Ipad, Android)
•FlitePlan (Jeppesen)
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• IFR
Effects of Center Control StatusOn Operator
Primary Hospital (Trauma or Specialty Center)
Transferring Hospital
Departure at 22:00Approach Control
3000’
Intermediate Departure Fix
IAF of GPS Approach
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6000’
Departure at 00:30Center
GPS Departure Procedures
Pilot Nav Maneuvers and the Implications for Legacy
Procedures
Typical Approach and Pilot Nav Departure Plates
Departure is the Inverse of the Approach
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• NVG
LED ISSUELED ISSUE
Since the introduction of LED lighting into the market place it has been discovered that while they are readily visible to the naked eye and can significantly reduce electrical consumption costs they may not be visible when using many makes or models Night Vision Devices.
NVGs typically use filters to block cockpit lighting from saturating the imaging system. This has the unintended effect in many cases of making LED lighting invisible to the wearer of the NVGs.
This is due in part to the fact that LED lights have a much narrower emission bandwidth but is also due to the fact that LED lights do not emit similar amounts of infrared energy as incandescent lights.
This can be an issue when using LED lights for marking hazards and obstructions or when using LED lights to communicate information such as the perimeter of a landing area.
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WavelengthsWavelengths
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The Albedo RatingThe Albedo Rating(Reflective Coefficient)(Reflective Coefficient)
Unaided Aided
Problem Area
Obstruction MarkingsObstruction Markings
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Safer Skies: New Technologies/Next Gen
• PBN
Safer Skies: New Technologies/Next Gen
• Premise: Safer Skies requires the same commitment—policy, innovation, funding, and technology for vertical flight that currently exists for commercial Part 121 aviation.
• Premise: the current architecture to support vertical flight is not sufficient to realize the potential and promise of Next Gen.