Brain Trust ?

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ATN 2001 18-19 September 2001
Frank Cheshire / Andy Fry
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The Path to PETAL

• Certification Operations Approval
• CDG Operations
• Not your basic routine flights
• Good support a key
• Non-revenue test profiles
• Data collection
• Response to problems
• Operational sector operations
• Results

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Certification Ops Approval

• Supplemental Type Certificate (STC)
• AAL was the applicant, issued 6/06/01
• Applies to the B-767-300 with Pegasus FMC and
  Rockwell Collins avionics package
• CMU - 900
• VHF - 920 VHF Digital Radio (VDR)
• APM
• Operations Approval
• Issued mid-August
• Triggered start of revenue flying

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Charles de Gaulle Operations

• Airframe Scheduling
• Routing Coordination
• Non-standard routing and short flights
• Lots of coordination
• Kudos to lots of people/organizations
• Internal to AA
• Eurocontrol
• CFMU and CDG ATC personnel

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Non-Revenue Test Profiles

• Objectives outlined by Eurocontrol
• Specific profiles to establish system performance
• Avionics performance with operational ground
  network
• Ground network
• The Controllers end
• Troubleshooting
• Profiles modified or repeated to check fixes
• Aircraft variables
• Lots of data collected

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Flight Log

• 072559 (AVLC) INFO (P0) N(s)4 N(r)6 A/G1
• Source Addr 0x5102b1a, Dest Addr 0x1a4a445
• Frame Data
• b2 48 12 a2 14 02 6a 59 c8 1b ff 66 82 1e 01 00
  '.H....jY...f....'
• 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee
  '......G.'.XAA...'
• ee 00 2b 02 00 ac 14 2b c2 00
  '..............'
• 072559 (VDL) SQP.indication0, Source Addr
  0x5102b1a
• ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 072559 ARINC
  "584141EE002B" 1800 "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B020
  0AC142BC200"RIF ISH_IN 11/07/01 072559 ARINC
  "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B0200AC142BC200"
  "584141EE002B"072559 (AVLC) RR (F0) N(r)5
  A/G0
• Source Addr 0x1a4a445, Dest Addr 0x5102b1a
• Frame Data
• 16 02 6a 58 b2 48 12 a3 a1
  '..jX.H..........'
• 072644 (AVLC) INFO (P0) N(s)5 N(r)6 A/G1
• Source Addr 0x5102b1a, Dest Addr 0x1a4a445
• Frame Data
• b2 48 12 a2 14 02 6a 59 ca 1b ff 68 82 1e 01 00
  '.H....jY...h....'
• 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee
  '......G.'.XAA...'
• ee 00 2b 02 00 ac 14 2b c2 00
  '..............'
• ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 072644 ARINC
  "584141EE002B" 1800 "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B020
  0AC142BC200"072644 (VDL) SQP.indication0,
  Source Addr 0x5102b1a

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Operational Sector Ops

• The Pay-off !
• Controller-Pilot data link communications

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Results

• The good news - VDLM2 works !
• The other news - there is room for improvement
• Technical and operational suitability issues
• 21 Non-revenue test profiles flown
• Started data link with operational sectors on 17
  August, it is continuing
• PETAL an excellent proving ground
• Next step - FAA Build I in Miami next year

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Upper E I C A S
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Logon Status Page
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M C D U Display
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Uplink Message
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A T C Log
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