Next generation air transportation system : the future of flight / editor, Donna M. Blanchard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT; NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Next Generation Air Transportation System Fact Sheet; Before Takeoff; After Takeoff; Over the Ocean; On Approach; NextGen Advanced Technologies; Other Places Where NextGen is Being Rolled Out; Aviation Community; Chapter 2: FAA's NextGen: Implementation Plan -- March 2010; Why Nextgen Matters; Executive Summary; NextGen Today; Collaboration: RTCA Task Force Response.

NextGen 2018: Operating in the Mid-TermNextGen Benefits; Challenges to Implementing NextGen; Why NextGen Matters; Introduction; Section 1: Nextgen Today; Delivering Operational Capabilities and Other Advances; Improved Runway Access; Improved Ground Safety and Operations; NextGen and Airports; Future Airport Capacity Task; Planning and Design Standards; Geographic Information System; Metroplex Systems; Sustainable, Green Airports; Improved Airspace Safety and Operations; Pre -- Implementation Activities; Improved Processes and Standards; Enhanced Safety; Improved Environment and Energy.

NextGen Workforce DevelopmentGlobal Strategy; Section 2: Collaboration; RTCA Task Force Response; Section 3:NextGen in 2018; Operating in the Mid-Term; Overview; Flight Planning; Push Back, Taxi and Departure; Climb and Cruise; Descent and Approach; Landing, Taxi and Arrival; Section 4:NextGen Benefits; Tracking Gains from Demonstrations and Operations; Surface Operations; Takeoff and Climb; Cruise; Descent, Approach and Landing; NextGen and the Environment; Section 5: Challenges; Nextgen Integration a Complex Endeavor; Appendix A: Aircraft Equipage for the Mid-Term.

Leveraging Existing Aircraft CapabilitiesIntroduction of Aircraft Capabilities; Plan for New Aircraft Capability Guidance; Appendix B: NextGen Commitments and Milestones; Airport Identifiers; Acronyms; End Notes; Chapter 3: FAA's NextGen: FAA Response to Recommendations of the RTCA Nextgen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force; FAA Response; Overarching; Consistently Achieving Existing 3- and 5-Mile Separation; Action Plan; Incentivizing Equipage; Streamlining; Action Plan; Other Considerations; Response to Operational Recommendations; Surface; Task Force Recommendation.

(Operational Capability 40)3FAA Response; Action Plan; Task Force Recommendation; (Operational Capabilities 43 & 38); FAA Response; Action Plan; Task Force Recommendation; (Operational Capability 41); FAA Response; Action Plan; Runway Access; Task Force Recommendation; (Operational Capability 9); FAA Response; Action Plan; Task Force Recommendation; (Operational Capability 12); FAA Response; Action Plan; Ask Force recommendAtion; (Operational Capability 13); FAA Response; Action Plan; Task Force Recommendation; (Operational Capability 14); FAA Response; Action Plan; Task Force Recommendation.

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