Satellite data have long been used for determining the extent of cloud cover and for estimating the properties at the cloud tops. The derived properties can also be used to estimate aircraft icing potential to improve the safety of air traffic in the region. Currently, cloud properties and icing potential are derived in nearreal time over the United States of America (USA) from the Geostationar...

With the high accident rate of civil aviation, medical resource inventory becomes more important for emergency management at the airport. Meanwhile, medical products usually are time-sensitive and short lifetime. Moreover, we find that the optimal medical resource inventory depends on multiple factors such as different risk preferences, the material shelf life and so on. Thus, it becomes very c...

About 50% of metals used in Aerospace industries are Aluminium and Titanium alloys, Alloys such as Ti6Al4V, AL-7175, and AL7075 are used extensively in space vehicles, aviation, and automotive industries for having enhanced mechanical properties like High strength to weight ratio, low Thermal Expansion and better Corrosion resistance. Comparison of properties Aluminium and Titanium alloys shows...

Background: Expert knowledge may compensate for age-related declines in basic cognitive and sensory-motor abilities in some skill domains. We investigated the influence of age and aviation expertise (indexed by Federal Aviation Administration pilot ratings) on longitudinal flight simulator performance. Methods: Over a 3-year period, 118 general aviation pilots aged 40 to 69 years were tested an...

Appendix B-Full Text “Operational Benefits of a Fatigue Risk Management System” Captain Don Gunther, Continental Airlines Abstract Appendix B-Full Text 40 C. PARALLEL SESSION: OPERATIONAL EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE: FLIGHT OPERATIONS 41 “Effects of Fatigue on Operational Performance” John A. Caldwell, Ph.D., Archinoetics, LLC Abstract Appendix B-Full Text 43 “Sleep and Psychomotor Performance during C...

With deregulation of aviation industry movement and separating regulator from operator, a need has risen to treat airlines, airports, and air traffic controls as none-governmental entities that must operate in new standards and according to new measures. Governments as well as private sector had to learn new language. The new language is the market language using numbers, facts, financial indic...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Human Factors Team − Atlantic City conducted a usability assessment of the www.fly.faa.gov Web site to examine user satisfaction and identify site usability issues. The FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center uses this Web site to provide information about airport conditions, such as arrival and departure delays, to the public and the aviation ind...