Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-t5tsf Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-05T05:55:14.665Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Separation Standards and Aircraft Wander

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

R. N. Lord
R. N. Lord
Affiliation:
(College of Aeronautics)
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

The basic parameters leading to aircraft navigational error are combined statistically and are used to evaluate the uncorrected deviation (wander) to be expected in both subsonic and supersonic transport aircraft operating in a typical trans-oceanic environment. The size of the across-track and along-track wander before any form of corrective control is applied indicates the physical size of the A.T.C. block of airspace necessary to contain the aircraft. The variation of block size with the forward prediction period used by A.T.C. is presented graphically. The effect of improvement in the basic sources of error is demonstrated and it is seen that for the S.S.T. era attention must be turned to effecting improvements in aircraft heading and airspeed holding capabilities.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , April 1966 , pp. 198 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1966

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1Lord, R. N. (1964). Proposals for a basic theory of air traffic control, College of Aeronautics Note E & C No. 2.Google Scholar
2Lord, R. N. and Saunders, D. A. (1964). A mathematical derivation of air traffic control separation standards, College of Aeronautics Report E & C No. 5.Google Scholar
3Lord, R. N. (1965). Proposals for the mathematical formulation of separation standards, Proc. Int. Air Transport Assoc. 16th Tech. Conf. WP-16.Google Scholar
4Durst, C. S. (1957). The problem of aircraft separation over the Atlantic. This Journal, 10, 254.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5Anderson, E. W. (1965). Is the gaussian distribution normal? This Journal, 18, 65.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6Abbott, M. R. (1965). Some remarks on the distribution of aircraft track-keeping errors. This Journal, 18, 312.CrossRefGoogle Scholar