Wake Turbulence:

An Obstacle to Increased Air Traffic Capacity

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Size: 102 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:2008

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Committee to Conduct an Independent Assessment of the Nation's Wake Turbulence Research and Development Program, National Research Council
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Without major changes, the current air transportation system will be unable to accommodate the expected increase in demand by 2025. One proposal to address this problem is to use the Global Positioning System to enable aircraft to fly more ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Summary	1-14	(skim)
1 Introduction	15-23	(skim)
2 Organizational Challenges in Wake Turbulence Research	24-28	(skim)
3 Technical Challenges in Wake Turbulence Research	29-59	(skim)
4 Wake Turbulence Program Plan	60-65	(skim)
5 Findings and Recommendations	66-70	(skim)
Appendixes	71-72	(skim)
Appendix A: Statement of Task	73-74	(skim)
Appendix B: Committee Biographies	75-80	(skim)
Appendix C: List of Speakers	81-82	(skim)
Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations	83-84	(skim)
Appendix E: Sample Wake Encounter Reporting Form	85-86	(skim)

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Without major changes, the current air transportation system will be unable to accommodate the expected increase in demand by 2025. One proposal to address this problem is to use the Global Positioning System to enable aircraft to fly more closely spaced. This approach, however, might be limited by the wake turbulence problem, which can be a safety hazard when smaller aircraft follow relatively larger aircraft too closely. To examine how this potential hazard might be reduced, Congress in 2005 directed NASA to request a study from the NRC to assess the federal wake turbulence R&D program. This book provides a description of the problem, an assessment of the organizational challenges to addressing wake turbulence, an analysis of the technical challenges in wake turbulence, and a proposal for a wake turbulence program plan. A series of recommendations for addressing the wake turbulence challenge are also given.

Wake Turbulence:

An Obstacle to Increased Air Traffic Capacity

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