Predictability of top of descent location for operational idle-thrust descents

10th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference 2010, ATIO 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stell, Laurel L ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS; DESCENT TRAJECTORIES; FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; PREDICTIVE FACTORS; TRAJECTORY PREDICTORS; UNCERTAINTY MODELS;

AIRCRAFT;

AVIATION;

EID: 84878381668     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2010-9116     Document Type: Conference Paper

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