Aircraft noise may have a number of direct adverse effects on the communities surrounding airports, including annoyance. The annoyance reactions of individuals and communities to aircraft noise are predicted with annoyance models, which are normally functions of predictor variables that describe the noise exposure. The number of aircraft events tha
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As demand for long-range business travel increases and technologies for efficient supersonic flight mature, a market for small supersonic civil aircraft appears to be forming. Results of recent studies indicate that such aircraft are feasible. However, a major remaining impediment to the operation of such aircraft is the cruise noise signature. Son
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Until recently, no major US study had estimated the association between long-term exposure to noise and cardiovascular outcomes while accounting for the potential confounding from air pollution and socioeconomic determinants of health. This project linked national data on Medicare enrollees and noise contours surrounding each of 89 airports to eval
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This study investigated the strengths and weaknesses of manual entry as compared to loadable entry of uplinked clearances into the B-777 FMS. The Honeywell team hypothesized that each method would yield unique advantages and disadvantages. To investigate the limitations and capabilities of loadable versus manual entry of uplink clearances, we inves
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The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) consists of a series of transformations designed to increase the capacity, safety, and security of air traffic operations. A key element of NextGen is trajectory operations. This research addresses minimum human factors requirements for flight deck interface design and operating procedures to
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This report summarizes two part‐task studies addressing flight deck data communication procedures. The purpose of the studies was to evaluate procedures for receiving and reading data comm messages. There is a risk of misunderstanding complex clearances, so the study results could help to reduce this risk. After analyzing three alternatives, our re
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As DataComm is a key enabling technology that significantly affects human performance, human factors experts have anticipated potential implementation challenges (Cardosi, Lennertz and Donahoe (2010). One significant issue is that DataComm equipment may not be integrated with flight management systems (FMS). The crew will be required to read the Da
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As DataComm is a key enabling technology that significantly affects human performance, human factors experts have anticipated potential implementation challenges (Cardosi, Lennertz and Donahoe (2010). One significant issue is that DataComm equipment may not be integrated with flight management systems (FMS). The crew will be required to read the Da
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As new flight deck automation is introduced, there is interest in considering whether unintended uses of such new flight deck automation could affect the safety of operations in the NextGen NAS. The study team collected 24 examples of present day unintended uses from 22 current and retired commercial airline pilots, and identified the systems assoc
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2013-01-01
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The FAA Aerospace Forecasts are developed to support budget and planning needs of the FAA. The forecasts are developed using statistical models to explain and incorporate emerging trends of the different segments of the aviation industry.
With the most recent US field study dating back to 1996 and compared to the efforts of other, especially European, countries, US research on the effects of aircraft noise on sleep has lagged over the past 15 years, while aircraft noise has continued to evolve. Within this period, air traffic has changed significantly, with substantial increases in
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This paper examines the chemical composition and energy content of several fuel options that could hypothetically be used with the existing fleet of aircraft.
NASA provided a broad overview of flight crew decision making and training challenges expected to result from the implementation of NextGen automation, including decision support automation. Recommendations included the following human factors recommendations and caveats for the design of future flight deck systems: - Pilots Need Accurate Mental Mo
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This report investigated the implications of two possible response scenarios resulting from a CO2 certification standard for future aircraft. This research expanded upon previous, related work in this area by examining potential responses and additional environmental impacts. The analyses described in this report detail the systematic analyses unde
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This study addresses the gap in scientific information at the intersection of Trajectory-Based Operations (TBO), realistic flight deck – pilot tasking environments, and human performance assessment. The study explored pilot performance, pain points, and system improvements in a human-in-the-loop heuristic evaluation of prototype displays for select
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United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration
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2012-01-01
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The FAA Aerospace Forecasts are developed to support budget and planning needs of the FAA. The forecasts are developed using statistical models to explain and incorporate emerging trends of the different segments of the aviation industry.
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
2012-01-01
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Aeromedical Safety Brochures are prepared for general aviation pilots, commercial pilots and physicians. The brochures acquaint the aviation community with the physiological challenges of the aviation environment and relevant safety concerns.
Research Integrations as subcontractor to National Institute of Aerospace completed a series of reviews and analyses to provide the FAA with guidelines and recommendations for flight crew training in the future NextGen environment. This future environment is expected to require increased flight deck automation to enable National Airspace System (NA
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Implementation of NextGen improvements will require shifts in the roles and responsibilities of flightdeck, ATC and FOC personnel and that these changes will require the development of new flightdeck-ATC-FOC collaborative systems within the context of advanced automation and new procedures. In order to design and implement systems that will realize
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Honeywell explored the limitations and capabilities of the Controller/Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) interface with aircraft navigation and guidance systems. This report contains sections describing a literature review, an engineering analysis methods and results, and recommendations. The literature review covers an overview of differences
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