COCKPIT WEATHER COCKPIT WEATHER UPLINKUPLINK

CARL R. KNABLE

MGR. METEOROLOGY

UNITED AIRLINES

NWS NAFAXNWS NAFAX

JEPPESEN FAX CHARTS - JEPPESEN FAX CHARTS - HI LEVEL SIG WXHI LEVEL SIG WX

JEPPESEN FAX CHARTS - JEPPESEN FAX CHARTS - RADARRADAR

PILOTBRIEFPILOTBRIEF

GRAPHICSGRAPHICS

RADAR MOSAICRADAR MOSAIC

SATELLITESATELLITE

NASA CWIN - 1990’sNASA CWIN - 1990’s

NASA/UAL DISCUSSIONS - 1995 SUPPLEMENTAL TYPE CERTIFICATE

(STC) FOR UAL DC-10 FOR CWINS HARDWARE INSTALLATION

1997 - UAL DC-10 EVALUATION FLIGHTS

RESULTS WERE SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS NASA WORK

NASA ASISTNASA ASIST

ASIST - AVIATION SAFETY INVESTMENT STRATEGY TEAM

AvSP - AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM WxAP - WEATHER ACCIDENT

PREVENTION AWIN - AVIATION WEATHER

INFORMATION PROGRAM

AWIN - OCNDAWIN - OCND

NCAR, UAL, OAKLAND ARTCC, AWC, ARINC, AND NRL

GOAL - PROVIDE REAL-TIME GRAPHICS OF OCEANIC WEATHER HAZARDS TO PILOTS, DISPATCHERS AND ATC PERSONNEL

OPERATIONAL DEMONSTRATION BEGAN NOV. 1999

OCND - WEB DISPLAYOCND - WEB DISPLAYhttp://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/ocnd/http://www.rap.ucar.edu/projects/ocnd/

OCND - COCKPIT UPLINKOCND - COCKPIT UPLINK

WINNWINN

WINN - WEATHER WINN - WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORKINFORMATION NETWORK

STAGE 1 - CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CWIN CONCEPT USING HONEYWELL’S INTEGRATION AND VERIFICATION FACILITY

STAGE 2 -INSTALL AIRBORNE HARDWARE ON UAL SIMULATOR TO VALIDATE HUMAN FACTOR ISSUES, TRAINING REQUIREMENTS AND WEATHER PRODUCTS

STAGE 3 - INSTALL AND EVALUATE WINN ON AN OPERATION AIRCRAFT

WINN UAL SIMULATOR WINN UAL SIMULATOR EVALUATIONEVALUATION

UAL B777 SIMULATOR DEC 99 - JAN 00 PILOTS FROM SEVERAL

AIRLINES PARTICIPATED

WINN STAGE 3WINN STAGE 3

UAL A320 - AUGUST 2000 HARDWARE - PORTABLE

ELECTRONIC DEVICE (PED) COMMUNICATIONS - GTE AIRPHONE APPLICATION - “WINN-LITE”

SOFTWARE (HONEYWELL)

WINN LITE APPLICATIONWINN LITE APPLICATION

FUTURE PLANSFUTURE PLANS

HARDWARE - “PED” PROVIDED TO EVERY PILOT

COMMUNICATIONS - VHF DATA LINK (VDL)

APPLICATIONS - ELECTRONIC FLIGHT BAG AND WEATHER

JUSTIFICATION

ISSUESISSUES

BANDWIDTH PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/MENUS TRAINING HARDWARE/CERTIFICATION/RETRO-

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