Air France 447
06-01-2009, 06:49 AM
#21
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Posts: 51
Originally Posted by Packer Backer
Unless you want to build an island in the middle of the Atlantic and put a radar antennae on it, no amount of upgraded equipment will account for the fact that the earth is round and radar is line of sight.
Didn't I read somewhere recently that the FAA wants to start switching over to more of a GPS-based ATC system instead of the current radar system?
That would be able to provide transoceanic coverage.
06-01-2009, 07:00 AM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2005
Position: Up Front
Posts: 286
Originally Posted by Bri85
Missing French jet hit thunderstorms over Atlantic - Yahoo! News
SAO PAULO, Brazil –
The head of investigation and accident prevention for Brazil's Civil Aeronautics Agency, Douglas Ferreira Machado, told Brazil's Globo TV that he believes the plane must have left Brazilian waters and could have been near the coast of Africa by the time contact was lost, based on the speed it was traveling.
SAO PAULO, Brazil –
The head of investigation and accident prevention for Brazil's Civil Aeronautics Agency, Douglas Ferreira Machado, told Brazil's Globo TV that he believes the plane must have left Brazilian waters and could have been near the coast of Africa by the time contact was lost, based on the speed it was traveling.
EXTW
06-01-2009, 07:21 AM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2006
Position: Up front
Posts: 396
My thoughts and prayers with the flight crew and passengers and their families. And I just told some family friends who are scared out of their minds of flying that turbulence does not make a plane go down
06-01-2009, 07:29 AM
#24
Gets Weekends Off
Thread Starter
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: 747
Posts: 731
06-01-2009, 07:30 AM
#25
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2006
Posts: 292
Originally Posted by N118NW
Ain't that the truth.
Didn't I read somewhere recently that the FAA wants to start switching over to more of a GPS-based ATC system instead of the current radar system?
That would be able to provide transoceanic coverage.
Didn't I read somewhere recently that the FAA wants to start switching over to more of a GPS-based ATC system instead of the current radar system?
That would be able to provide transoceanic coverage.
06-01-2009, 07:33 AM
#26
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2009
Posts: 354
Originally Posted by Packer Backer
Not exactly. The GPS based ATC system would simply allow routes that are not based on ground based fixes. Overseas carriers have been doing this for years based on IRS or INS or GPS signals to navigate by. But there is no such thing as a GPS based radar. So some form of position reporting, either CPDLC or HF, will still be required.
06-01-2009, 07:45 AM
#27
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: Ex USAF, ex-ATA , currently Atlas Air 747 CA
Posts: 324
Originally Posted by CTPILOT
And I just told some family friends who are scared out of their minds of flying that turbulence does not make a plane go down
06-01-2009, 08:11 AM
#28
Line Holder
Joined APC: May 2009
Posts: 38
Originally Posted by Packer Backer
Unless you want to build an island in the middle of the Atlantic and put a radar antennae on it, no amount of upgraded equipment will account for the fact that the earth is round and radar is line of sight.
06-01-2009, 08:25 AM
#30
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Position: B737 /FO
Posts: 345
FAQ: ADS-B. Its not the problem solver, but is very much the step in the right direction. Requires a lot of money to implement so expect airline management to stall implementation and resist. But it won't cost so much to consider it "cost prohibitive" unless that company is on thin ice anyway.
It also a corner stone to FAA NextGen program.
About ADS-B
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...nce_broadcast/
I have gotten to fly with this equipment, its great.
Stop thinking "RADAR Coverage" start thinking GPS coverage.
It also a corner stone to FAA NextGen program.
About ADS-B
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...nce_broadcast/
I have gotten to fly with this equipment, its great.
Stop thinking "RADAR Coverage" start thinking GPS coverage.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
