From May 1974 through June 1975 the approach region to Runway 28R at Heathrow International Airport was equipped with aircraft wake vortex tracking equipment. The vortices from approximately 13000 aircraft were monitored along with the attendant meteorological conditions. The joint US/UK project represents a major step in learning how vortices move and die in the terminal environment. An overview of the Heathrow project is given and it is shown how the project has significantly contributed to the capability to develop a vortex advisory system promising increased capacity through decreased aircraft separations. (Author)
Joint US/UK Vortex Tracking Program at Heathrow International Airport. Volume I. Executive Summary
1976
35 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fluid Mechanics , Transportation Safety , Aircraft exhaust , Aircraft landings , Jet transport planes , Wake , Vortices , Micrometeorology , Aviation safety , Time , Separation , Air traffic , Wind velocity , Air traffic control system analysis , Air traffic control terminal areas , Measuring instruments , Data acquisition , Landing fields , Great Britain , Heathrow airport(Great Britain)
Wake vortex investigations at Heathrow Airport, London
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