At the crossroads in air-traffic control II. The view from the ground-instrument-landing systems, automated ground control, en route automation, introduction to collision-avoidance systems, positive-control airspace, improved communications, STOLports, and terminal navigational aids

IEEE Spectrum ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Gordon D. Friedlander
Keyword(s):  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Positive Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Ground Control ◽  
Navigational Aids

Why Air Traffic Control?

1961 ◽  
Vol 65 (606) ◽  
pp. 416-418
Author(s):  
R. F. Hansford
Keyword(s):  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Collision Avoidance System

To avoid any misunderstandings, it should be made clear that in the author's opinion the techniques of Air Traffic Control are not likely to be significantly affected by the future advent of an air-to-air collision avoidance system. This is admittedly a contentious view and this paper is a brief survey of some of the factors which lead the author to hold this opinion. After clarifying what is meant by an air-to-air collision avoidance system, the paper deals first with some of the operational problems, then with some of the technical problems and concludes with general comments.

scholarly journals The Operation of Light Aircraft

1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-333
Author(s):  
F. S. Stringer ◽  
Claud Powell ◽  
A. N. Black
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Informal Discussion ◽  
Navigational Aids ◽  
Radio Contact ◽  
Topographical Relation

An informal discussion on the operation of light aircraft took place at a meeting of the Technical Committee of the Institute in London on 21 April 1976. A personal view expressed by Mr. F. S. Stringer and comments by Mr. C. Powell and Professor A. N. Black are printed below.Recent technical press disclosures have highlighted C.A.A. concern that the London Air Traffic Zone is being entered by unauthorized light aircraft, the infringements varying from minor boundary incursions to major crossings of the area. The pilots involved vary in experience, and in most if not all cases have been flying under VFR rules and out of radio contact with Air Traffic Control. It seems very probable that these pilots are lost, or at least very unsure of their position; the topographical relation of charts to places on the ground is becoming increasingly difficult to interpret due to the complexity of built-up areas, especially around the T.M.A.s. Not all aircraft carry VOR or ADF and the map and DR are the main navigational aids; some pilots are reluctant to call for radar assistance for a variety of reasons.

Collision Avoidance and the Future of Air Traffic Control

1973 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 423-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Ratcliffe
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Collision Avoidance ◽  
General Problem ◽  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic Control ◽  
Air Traffic ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Alternative Solutions

This paper is a report on some early findings of a long-term study which has the ambitious objective of suggesting better alternative solutions to the general problem of controlling a collection of aircraft. The study aims to answer questions about the optimum division of responsibility between the aircrew and ground A.T.C., about the way in which the A.T.C. tasks are shared between a number of controllers and A.T.C. computers, and about the fundamental principles on which traffic flow is organized.

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