Andreas
Challenging the Pitot tube: Optical air data
A radically different method to optain air data, based on optical measurements.
Navigation
Andreas
- Apr 11
GLS: A landing system struggling to take off
A discussion about GLS and its associated challenges.
Andreas
- Jan 19
5G vs. Radar altimeter: a déjà vu
Radar altimeters are used on aircraft to measure the height above the surface. They have been in use for decades onboard large airliners...
Andreas
- Mar 20, 2020
Successfully navigating RF legs
A short article merging airworthiness requirements with operational procedures to enable flight crews to cope with RF legs.
Andreas
- Oct 8, 2019
Getting to the right place
This post is all about getting navigation data from the "books" to the aircraft in order to successfully navigate the globe...
Andreas
- Aug 14, 2019
Lost in space - How does aviation cope with a GPS outage?
The recent outage of GALILEO has clearly demonstrated that any Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) can - from one second to the...
Andreas
- Jan 9, 2019
The right mix
Long gone are the days, where a navigator was tasked to determine the aircraft position using multiple sources and then bring the...
Andreas
- Oct 2, 2018
A magnetic disorder
When a 200-million-dollar passenger jet approaches a major airport somewhere on this planet and receives some directions from air traffic...
Andreas
- Sep 23, 2018
A new approach
It used to be simple: There were „non-precision“ and „precision“ approaches. But things have changed quite a bit. The advent of...