26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-5.7.1 INVITED

IMPROVEMENT FOR LANDING ON SMALL-MEDIUM AIRPORTS USING FUTURE, AIRCRAFT-AUTONOMOUS GUIDANCE AIDS

G. Sachs, F. Schuck, F. Holzapfel, J. Schaller*
TU Munich, Germany; *ESRI Geoinformatik GmbH, Germany

Keywords: Guidance aids, landing, small airport

Subject is the improvement for landing on small to medium airports. The objective is to provide the pilot with guidance information in a 3-dimensional format. For achieving a low-cost solution, Commercial-off-the-Shelf hardware and portable/panel mounted computing is used. The system enables landings in low visibility and bad weather conditions.

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