The Advantage of Flightpath-Oriented Situation Displays During Microburst Encounters

861733

10/13/1986

Event
SAE Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
No adequate method presently exists for commercial flight crews to reliably predict or detect the presence of microburst activity prior to encountering the disturbance itself. While most shears do not exceed the performance capabilities of the aircraft, because of inadequate instrumentation they may exceed the performance capabilities of the crew. An integrated instrument display would enable a pilot to rapidly detect the onset of a shear and provide optimum guidance to fly the airplane to the very limit of its performance envelope thereafter. Such a display must provide information concerning either airspeed or angle of attack as well as altitude above terrain. We believe the availability of such an optimum flightpath display would have prevented many of the catastrophic microburst-induced windshear accidents. Until such information is provided, windshear accidents will continue to occur.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/861733
Pages
4
Citation
Oliver, J., "The Advantage of Flightpath-Oriented Situation Displays During Microburst Encounters," SAE Technical Paper 861733, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/861733.
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Published
Oct 13, 1986
Product Code
861733
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English