A joint FAA/NASA helicopter flight test was conducted in the Gulf of Mexico to investigate the airborne weather and mapping radar as an approach system for offshore drilling platforms. Approximately 120 Airborne Radar Approaches (ARA) were flown in a Bell 212 by 15 operational pilots. The objectives of the test were to (1) develop ARA procedures, (2) determine weather minimums, (3) determine pilot acceptability, (4) determine obstacle clearance and airspace requirements. Aircraft position data was analyzed at discrete points along the intermediate, final, and missed approach. The radar system error and radar flight technical error were determined in both range and azimuth, and the capability of the radar as an obstacle avoidance system was evaluated. (Author)
Airborne Radar Approach, FAA/NASA Gulf of Mexico Helicopter Flight Test Program
1980
157 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Radiofrequency Detection , Aircraft landings , Radar equipment , Helicopters , Platforms , Offshore drilling , Discrete distribution , Meteorological radar , Radar mapping , Pilots , Flight testing , Mexico Gulf , Acceptability , Airborne , Approach radar , ARA(Airborne Radar Approaches) , Drilling platforms , Airspace requirements , Obstacle clearance
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