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..if capacity is going to increase as predicted..then low/no visibility problems must be overcome.
And Chelton Inc. of Denton, Tex., with funding from the FAA for its Capstone project in Alaska, has developed an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) with synthetic vision and highway-in-the-sky guidance for general aviation aircraft. Chelton reports that 100 aircraft are flying with the system in Alaska and several hundred in the lower 48 states of the U.S.
Synthetic vision--a 3D graphic showing the scene ahead of the aircraft based on a digital database of terrain and obstacles--combined with enhanced vision (Flir) is the next step in giving the pilot a virtual VFR view of the world outside, even the dark of night and sometimes in low visibility.
..if capacity is going to increase as predicted..then low/no visibility problems must be overcome.
And Chelton Inc. of Denton, Tex., with funding from the FAA for its Capstone project in Alaska, has developed an electronic flight instrument system (EFIS) with synthetic vision and highway-in-the-sky guidance for general aviation aircraft. Chelton reports that 100 aircraft are flying with the system in Alaska and several hundred in the lower 48 states of the U.S.
Synthetic vision--a 3D graphic showing the scene ahead of the aircraft based on a digital database of terrain and obstacles--combined with enhanced vision (Flir) is the next step in giving the pilot a virtual VFR view of the world outside, even the dark of night and sometimes in low visibility.
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