PRECISE ORTHO IMAGERY AS THE SOURCE FOR AUTHORITATIVE AIRPORT MAPPING

Civil Aviation ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

Ground Control ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Accurate Data ◽

Source Data ◽

Map Data

As the aviation industry moves from paper maps and charts to the digital cockpit and electronic flight bag, producers of these products need current and accurate data to ensure flight safety. FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) require certified suppliers to follow a defined protocol to produce authoritative map data for the aerodrome. Typical airport maps have been produced to meet 5 m accuracy requirements. The new digital aviation world is moving to 1 m accuracy maps to provide better situational awareness on the aerodrome. The commercial availability of 0.5 m satellite imagery combined with accurate ground control is enabling the production of avionics certified .85 m orthophotos of airports around the globe. CompassData maintains an archive of over 400+ airports as source data to support producers of 1 m certified Aerodrome Mapping Database (AMDB) critical to flight safety and automated situational awareness. CompassData is a DO200A certified supplier of authoritative orthoimagery and attendees will learn how to utilize current airport imagery to build digital aviation mapping products.

Managing raptors to reduce wildlife strikes at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

10.7287/peerj.preprints.2019 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Craig K. Pullins ◽

Travis L. Guerrant ◽

Scott F. Beckerman ◽

Brian E. Washburn

Keyword(s):

Significant Risk ◽

The United States ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

International Airport ◽

The Past ◽

Wildlife Damage Management ◽

Wildlife Populations ◽

The Cost

Nationally, wildlife-aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) have been increasing over the past 25 years; denoted in the National Wildlife Strike Database that has been maintained by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 1990. Increasing wildlife populations and air traffic coupled with quieter, faster aircraft create a significant risk to aviation safety; the cost to the civil aviation industry is an estimated $937 million dollars annually. USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services (WS) provides technical and direct assistance to over 850 airports and airbases around the United States, including Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD). At ORD, raptors are one of the most commonly struck bird guild and accounted for at least 25% of damaging strikes from 2010-2013. An Integrated Wildlife Damage Management (IWDM) program is implemented at ORD to reduce the presence of wildlife on the airfield, consequently lowering the risk of wildlife strikes. Professional airport wildlife biologists at ORD concentrate much of their efforts on raptor management due to the high strike risk these birds pose to aircraft on the airfield itself. A variety of techniques are currently used to manage raptor populations at ORD. Concurrently, research is being conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the Red-tailed Hawk relocation program at the airport, as well as to assess their movements within the airfield environment.

Pengkajian Pengamanan Bandara Frans Kaisepo-Biak

WARTA ARDHIA ◽

10.25104/wa.v35i1.67.43-66 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 43-66

Author(s):

Rosidin Syamsudin

Keyword(s):

Air Transportation ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Human Beings ◽

Transportation Services ◽

Management Capacity ◽

Operational Management ◽

Unlawful Interference ◽

Main Factor

Air transportation services, security and flight safety is the main factor. Various efforts made to continually improve the level of security and safety of the flight, the good with the upgrade facilities, repair and operational management capacity building resources, human beings. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Annex 17 Of the Security-Safeguarding International Civil Aviation Against Acts of Unlawful Interference requires that each number country is obliged to create a procedure and an action brought to prevent weapons or dangerous materials in civil aircraft.As explain standard of the above, then set the various systems and procedures of implementation in every airport and every company in the air transportation. The security of the flight center of gravity is related to passenger and goods that will leave / and transported aircraft.

Implementing ICAO language proficiency requirements in the Versant Aviation English test

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1075/aral.32.3.07van ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 27.1-27.17

Author(s):

Alistair Van Moere ◽

Masanori Suzuki ◽

Ryan Downey ◽

Jian Cheng

Keyword(s):

Language Proficiency ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Computerized Testing ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Automated Scoring ◽

Valid Assessment ◽

The U.S ◽

Aviation English

This paper discusses the development of an assessment to satisfy the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Language Proficiency Requirements. The Versant Aviation English Test utilizes speech recognition technology and a computerized testing platform, such that test administration and scoring are fully automated. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, this 25-minute test is delivered via a telephone or computer. Two issues of interest are discussed. The first concerns the practicalities of assessing candidates in each of six separate dimensions of spoken proficiency: Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension, and Interactions. Although an automated scoring system can objectively segregate these skills, we question whether human raters have the capacity to do this in oral interviews. The second issue discussed is how an automated test can provide a valid assessment of spoken interactions. Tasks were designed to simulate the information exchange between pilots and controllers on which candidates’ proficiency in ‘Interactions’ could be measured, for example, by eliciting functions such as correcting miscommunications and providing clarification. It is argued that candidate ability can be probed and estimated in a fair and standardized way by presenting a series of independent items which are targeted in difficulty at the various ICAO levels.

A MILESTONE TO ENHANCE RUNWAY SAFETY: THE NEW GLOBAL REPORTING FORMAT

Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío ◽

10.33975/riuq.vol33n1.551 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 168-178

Author(s):

Arif TUNCAL ◽

Suat USLU ◽

Erdal DURSUN

Keyword(s):

Civil Aviation ◽

Economic Losses ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Positive Contribution ◽

Application Process ◽

Aircraft Accidents ◽

Adverse Conditions ◽

Runway Safety ◽

Important Milestone

Runway excursion continues to cause serious deaths and economic losses in aviation. 179 people died in the accidents occurring between 2010 and 2019. The direct cost of accidents in 2019 is estimated at over $4 billion. A new method known as Global Reporting Format (GRF) is introduced after studies carried out by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to prevent aircraft accidents caused by runway excursion and to minimize risks associated with it. GRF is considered an important milestone to flight safety by ICAO. In this study, GRF is explained with all its components, and benefits and transition to the application process are discussed. As a result of the study, it is assessed that GRF is a positive contribution to flight safety in the process of take-off or landing by matching information about runway surface conditions obtained to the flight crews especially in adverse conditions.

Implementing ICAO language proficiency requirements in the Versant Aviation English Test

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.2104/aral0927 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (3) ◽

pp. 27.1-27.17 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Alistair Van Moere ◽

Masanori Suzuki ◽

Ryan Downey ◽

Jian Cheng

Keyword(s):

Language Proficiency ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Computerized Testing ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Automated Scoring ◽

Valid Assessment ◽

The U.S ◽

Aviation English

This paper discusses the development of an assessment to satisfy the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Language Proficiency Requirements. The Versant Aviation English Test utilizes speech recognition technology and a computerized testing platform, such that test administration and scoring are fully automated. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, this 25-minute test is delivered via a telephone or computer. Two issues of interest are discussed. The first concerns the practicalities of assessing candidates in each of six separate dimensions of spoken proficiency: Pronunciation, Structure, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension, and Interactions. Although an automated scoring system can objectively segregate these skills, we question whether human raters have the capacity to do this in oral interviews. The second issue discussed is how an automated test can provide a valid assessment of spoken interactions. Tasks were designed to simulate the information exchange between pilots and controllers on which candidates’ proficiency in ‘Interactions’ could be measured, for example, by eliciting functions such as correcting miscommunications and providing clarification. It is argued that candidate ability can be probed and estimated in a fair and standardized way by presenting a series of independent items which are targeted in difficulty at the various ICAO levels.

Modelling of unmanned aircraft visibility for see-and-avoid operations

Journal of Unmanned Vehicle Systems ◽

10.1139/juvs-2020-0011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 265-284

Author(s):

P. Highland ◽

J. Williams ◽

M. Yazvec ◽

A. Dideriksen ◽

N. Corcoran ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Unmanned Aircraft ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Exposure Rate ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Safety Margins ◽

Future Work ◽

The U.S ◽

See And Avoid

With more unmanned aircraft (UA) becoming airborne each day, an already high manned aircraft to UA exposure rate continues to grow. Pilots and rulemaking authorities realize that UA visibility is a real, but unquantified, threat to operations under the see-and-avoid concept. To finally quantify the threat, a novel contrast-based UA visibility model is constructed here using collected empirical data as well as previous work on the factors affecting visibility. This work showed that UA visibility <1300 m makes a midair collision a serious threat if a manned aircraft and a UA are on a collision course while operating under the see-and-avoid concept. Similarly, this work also showed that a midair collision may be unavoidable when UA visibility is <400 m. Validating pilot and rulemaking authority concerns, this work demonstrated that UA visibility distances <1300 and <400 m occur often in the real world. Finally, the model produced UA visibility lookup tables that may prove useful to rulemaking authorities such as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and International Civil Aviation Organization for future work in the proof of equivalency of detect and avoid operations. Until then, pilots flying at slower airspeeds in the vicinity of UA may improve safety margins.

Evaluation and prioritization of technical and operational airworthiness factors for flight safety

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ◽

10.1108/aeat-03-2020-0058 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 92 (7) ◽

pp. 1049-1061

Author(s):

Mehmet Burak Şenol

Keyword(s):

Aircraft Design ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Military Aircraft ◽

Content Type ◽

Military Aviation ◽

Safety Programs ◽

Aviation Operations ◽

The Military

Purpose In this study, a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach for evaluating airworthiness factors were presented. The purpose of this study is to develop an acceptable rationale for operational activities in civil and military aviation and for design, production and maintenance activities in the aviation industry that can be used in-flight safety programs and evaluations. Design/methodology/approach In aviation, while the initial and continuing airworthiness of aircraft is related to technical airworthiness, identifying and minimizing risks for avoiding losses and damages are related to operational airworthiness. Thus, the airworthiness factors in civil and military aviation were evaluated under these two categories as the technical and operational airworthiness factors by the analytic hierarchy process and analytic network process. Three technical and five operational airworthiness criteria for civil aviation, three technical and nine operational airworthiness criteria for military aviation were defined, evaluated, prioritized and compared in terms of flight safety. Findings The most important technical factor is the “airworthiness status of the aircraft” both in civil (81.9%) and military (77.6%) aviation, which means that aircraft should initially be designed for safety. The most significant operational factors are the “air traffic control system” in civil (30.9%) and “threat” in the military (26.6%) aviation. The differences within factor weights may stem from the design requirements and acceptable safety levels (frequency of occurrences 1 in 107 in military and 1 in 109 in civil aircraft design) of civil and military aircraft with the mission achievement requirements in civil and military aviation operations. The damage acceptance criteria for civil and military aircraft are different. The operation risks are accepted in the military and acceptance of specific tasks and the risk levels can vary with aircraft purpose and type. Practical implications This study provides an acceptable rationale for safety programs and evaluations in aviation activities. The results of this study can be used in real-world airworthiness applications and safety management by the aviation industry and furthermore, critical factor weights should be considered both in civil and military aviation operations and flights. The safety levels of airlines with respect to our airworthiness factor weights or the safety level of military operations can be computed. Originality/value This is the first study considering technical and operational airworthiness factors as an MCDM problem. Originality and value of this paper are defining critical airworthiness factors for civil and military aviation, ranking these factors, revealing the most important ones and using MCDM methods for the evaluations of airworthiness factors for the first time. In civil aviation flight safety is the basic tenet of airworthiness activities in risk analysis, on the other hand in military aviation high levels of risks are to be avoided in peace training or operational tasks. However, even high risks have to be accepted during the war, if the operational requirements impose, as mission achievement is vital. The paper is one of a kind on airworthiness evaluations for flight safety.

The Development of a Model for Complaint Delivery on Aviation Industry in Indonesia Based on SMS Gateway to Promote Flight Safety

AVIA ◽

10.47355/avia.v1i1.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Riani Nurdin ◽

Eko Poerwanto ◽

Haruno Sajati

Keyword(s):

System Performance ◽

Cellular Phone ◽

Data Bank ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Service Users ◽

System Components ◽

Current Product ◽

Directorate General

The variety of complaints appearing on Aviation Industry in Indonesia actually indicates the existence of problems on aviation system in Indonesia. The number of complaints may serve as an early detection in a system before the occurrence of an accident in a flight. Increasing numbers of flight service users in Indonesia had not been supported with an adequate complaint delivery, whether it is for internal complaints or external ones. One of available solutions is to detect whether all system components on Aviation Industry in Indonesia is good or not. In an effort to enhance system performance, a model for integrated complaint delivery is developed on Aviation Industry based on SMS Gateway in Indonesia. The model is expected to become a data bank on Aviation Industry to ease controlling, evaluating and improving condition performance on flight systems. This research used comparative and descriptive methods. It also results in applied product hence it is expected that the output can be used to complement the current product/program operated by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). The development of a model for complaint delivery is conducted to make cellular phone numbers inputs for all stakeholders on aviation industry. This strategy activates all stakeholders to provide information regarding the current conditions for all subsystems in flight system in Indonesia

The Electronic Flight Bag Based on Mobile Terminal

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.373-375.1863 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 373-375 ◽

pp. 1863-1867

Author(s):

Gui Shu Xia ◽

Jing Lu ◽

Yuan Qing He

Keyword(s):

Mobile Terminal ◽

Automatic Generation ◽

General Aviation ◽

Civil Aviation ◽

Aviation Industry ◽

Flight Safety ◽

Good Market ◽

Research Platform ◽

Level 1 ◽

S Model

The electronic flight bag in China with few products owning Chinese independent intellectual property is attracting increasing attention in the field of the civil aviation industry in recent years. This paper introduced a level 1 EFB(Electronic Flight Bag) for general aviation with iOS as research platform. In order to realize interactive electronic checklists and automatic generation of electronic flight log, C/S model is adopted to store, update and display cabin documents, such as aeronautical charts, flight manual. Experiments show that electronic flight bag based on mobile terminal can provide the user with a good experience, which greatly reduces the pilots cabin burden and is closer to the users requirements. Moreover, the system provides an efficient way to improve safety of flight safety. Therefore, the electronic flight bag has good market prospect and practical promotional value.