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10.5.2016 10:14 European GNSS AgencyThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) talks EGNOS-based procedures during Aero Friedrichshafen – one of the world’s largest general aviation tradeshows.
Although many think of April in Paris, for the general aviation crowd, April means Germany. More specifically,
April is Aero Friedrichshafen time – one of the world’s largest general aviation (GA) trade shows. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) joined the international GA crowd to discuss the many benefits that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides this important sector.
At the front of everybody’s mind was the GSA’s recent declaration of the LPV 200 (localiser performance with vertical guidance) service. Using EGNOS, LPV-200 provides pilots with more accurate guidance for safer aircraft landings, even in poor weather conditions.
The service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to instrument landing system (ILS) CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height (DH) of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- Contingency procedures for adverse weather conditions
- Greater availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP)
- Facilitate pilot training and instrument rating
All EGNOS-based approaches, both LPV and the new LPV-200, are considered ILS look-alikes but without the expensive ground infrastructure required for ILS. “We received great feedback from pilots who say that landing with EGNOS is more comfortable, easy to follow and often more stable than with conventional ILS approaches,” says GSA Market Development Officer . “Because of the increasing number of EGNOS-enabled airports throughout Europe, there is growing enthusiasm among the European general aviation community for the use of satellite-based approach systems (SBAS) and, as a result, many general aviation aircraft are now SBAS capable.”
Although the GSA’s EGNOS-based LPV service is free and requires no upgrade to an airport’s ground infrastructure or to existing certified EGNOS receivers, in order to fly LPV one does need procedures, a certified aircraft and a properly trained pilot. “In taking this EGNOS message forward within the GA community, we must continue to focus on its relation to three core pillars: approaches, equipment and pilot training,” says PPL/IR Europe Chairman Paul Sherry.
Pillar I: Procedures
As to the procedures, the GSA and the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) work directly with Air Navigation
Service Providers (ANSP) to establish EGNOS Working Agreements, the legal tool that defines the working arrangements between ESSP and the ANSP in charge of the LPV procedure.
To help with this process in the UK, the GSA-is supporting LPV approaches for General Aviation. One of the projects, called GAGA, is working to increase the availability of LPV approach procedures, with a specific focus on GA airports in the UK. “General aviation competes for airspace with commercial aviation, which places severe limitations on the sector’s access to airports,” explains Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) UK CEO Martin Robinson. “Yet at the same time GA contributes GBP 3 billion of gross value added and is responsible for more than 38 000 jobs, so it is important that we support the GA industry.”
- Increase the availability of LPV approach procedures (focusing on such GA airports as Haverfordwest (EGFE), Gloucestershire (EGBJ) and Stapleford (EGSG)
- Reduce costs for instrument flight rules (IFR) rating training
- Contingency procedures during adverse weather conditions
- Implement Independent Pilots Association (IPA) procedures at airports that do not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements for instrument runways
- Encourage adoption of EGNOS-based LPV procedures on GA visual flight rules (VFRs) airports with no instrument approach procedures
- Promote GNSS technologies within GA
- Familiarisation and flight training of pilots to gain experience of GNSS approaches using EGNOS-based procedures
Pillar II: Equipment
Many of the latest GA aircraft come EGNOS-ready, including models from Cessna, Diamond, Piper and Cirrus. For legacy aircraft, the GSA notes they have a complete list of forward and retrofit solutions.
“GNSS approaches (also known as RNP APCH) are great news for light GA aircraft,” says Sherry. “It’s really the first opportunity to put this PBN avionics equipment into the types of aircraft it was originally built for.”
What this means for GA aircraft and the GA pilot is a greater expectation of automation, less vectors and more procedural approaches. According to Sherry, PBN technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. “From 1950 to 2000, IFR approach technology was fairly stable, ground-based and involved pretty much the same operation between different manufacturers and different installations,” he says. “But this changed with PBN, which is a complex combination of procedures, infrastructure, air traffic control (ATC), aircraft, avionics and aircrew.”
The GSA facilitates the use of EGNOS for GA in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). For example, one major achievement of this collaboration is the development of a multi model list for avionics approved for the most widely used avionics by GA pilots, Garmin GNS430W and GNS530W. Recognising that GA demands cost-effective avionics, having these models approved for LPV capability helps bring the cost down from EUR 10 000 per aircraft registration to just EUR 300 – making EGNOS a realistic option for GA operators.
Pillar III: Training
However, it’s more than just having the right equipment in an aircraft.
As the type of equipment is diverse, it is essential that the pilot knows how the technology and equipment in the aircraft works together. “When flying PBN, more reliance is placed on the aircraft and the pilot, as opposed to air traffic control,” adds PPL/IR Europe Director Julian Scarfe. “In other words, with PBN it becomes absolutely crucial that the pilot understands the equipment, procedures and obligations.”
Which leads us to the last point: the pilots themselves. In order to take advantage of LPV procedures, operators typically need specific approval to fly them. This is because LPVs are a relatively new concept that require not only that the aircraft and its cockpit avionics have the corresponding airworthiness approval, but also that pilots have appropriate training, checking standards and operational procedures in place.
Although EASA is currently working to amend some of these regulations, eliminating the burden of having to apply for SPA, all operators will still be required to follow the necessary operational procedures and CAT operators will have to amend their operational manual accordingly as part of their air operator approval from their authorities. On this point, the GSA provides EGNOS training materials via the EGNOS user support website. From August 2018, the core training syllabus for the instrument rating will include PBN concepts, many reliant on EGNOS.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Approaches, equipment and training: the three pillars of EGNOS and general aviation
10.5.2016 10:14 European GNSS AgencyThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) talks EGNOS-based procedures during Aero Friedrichshafen – one of the world’s largest general aviation tradeshows.
Although many think of April in Paris, for the general aviation crowd, April means Germany. More specifically,
April is Aero Friedrichshafen time – one of the world’s largest general aviation (GA) trade shows. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) joined the international GA crowd to discuss the many benefits that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides this important sector.
At the front of everybody’s mind was the GSA’s recent declaration of the LPV 200 (localiser performance with vertical guidance) service. Using EGNOS, LPV-200 provides pilots with more accurate guidance for safer aircraft landings, even in poor weather conditions.
The service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to instrument landing system (ILS) CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height (DH) of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- Contingency procedures for adverse weather conditions
- Greater availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP)
- Facilitate pilot training and instrument rating
All EGNOS-based approaches, both LPV and the new LPV-200, are considered ILS look-alikes but without the expensive ground infrastructure required for ILS. “We received great feedback from pilots who say that landing with EGNOS is more comfortable, easy to follow and often more stable than with conventional ILS approaches,” says GSA Market Development Officer . “Because of the increasing number of EGNOS-enabled airports throughout Europe, there is growing enthusiasm among the European general aviation community for the use of satellite-based approach systems (SBAS) and, as a result, many general aviation aircraft are now SBAS capable.”
Although the GSA’s EGNOS-based LPV service is free and requires no upgrade to an airport’s ground infrastructure or to existing certified EGNOS receivers, in order to fly LPV one does need procedures, a certified aircraft and a properly trained pilot. “In taking this EGNOS message forward within the GA community, we must continue to focus on its relation to three core pillars: approaches, equipment and pilot training,” says PPL/IR Europe Chairman Paul Sherry.
Pillar I: Procedures
As to the procedures, the GSA and the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) work directly with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to establish EGNOS Working Agreements, the legal tool that defines the working arrangements between ESSP and the ANSP in charge of the LPV procedure.
To help with this process in the UK, the GSA-is supporting LPV approaches for General Aviation. One of the projects, called GAGA, is working to increase the availability of LPV approach procedures, with a specific focus on GA airports in the UK. “General aviation competes for airspace with commercial aviation, which places severe limitations on the sector’s access to airports,” explains Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) UK CEO Martin Robinson. “Yet at the same time GA contributes GBP 3 billion of gross value added and is responsible for more than 38 000 jobs, so it is important that we support the GA industry.”
- Increase the availability of LPV approach procedures (focusing on such GA airports as Haverfordwest (EGFE), Gloucestershire (EGBJ) and Stapleford (EGSG)
- Reduce costs for instrument flight rules (IFR) rating training
- Contingency procedures during adverse weather conditions
- Implement Independent Pilots Association (IPA) procedures at airports that do not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements for instrument runways
- Encourage adoption of EGNOS-based LPV procedures on GA visual flight rules (VFRs) airports with no instrument approach procedures
- Promote GNSS technologies within GA
- Familiarisation and flight training of pilots to gain experience of GNSS approaches using EGNOS-based procedures
Pillar II: Equipment
Many of the latest GA aircraft come EGNOS-ready, including models from Cessna, Diamond, Piper and Cirrus. For legacy aircraft, the GSA notes they have a complete list of forward and retrofit solutions.
“GNSS approaches (also known as RNP APCH) are great news for light GA aircraft,” says Sherry. “It’s really the first opportunity to put this PBN avionics equipment into the types of aircraft it was originally built for.”
What this means for GA aircraft and the GA pilot is a greater expectation of automation, less vectors and more procedural approaches. According to Sherry, PBN technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. “From 1950 to 2000, IFR approach technology was fairly stable, ground-based and involved pretty much the same operation between different manufacturers and different installations,” he says. “But this changed with PBN, which is a complex combination of procedures, infrastructure, air traffic control (ATC), aircraft, avionics and aircrew.”
The GSA facilitates the use of EGNOS for GA in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). For example, one major achievement of this collaboration is the development of a multi model list for avionics approved for the most widely used avionics by GA pilots, Garmin GNS430W and GNS530W. Recognising that GA demands cost-effective avionics, having these models approved for LPV capability helps bring the cost down from EUR 10 000 per aircraft registration to just EUR 300 – making EGNOS a realistic option for GA operators.
Pillar III: Training
However, it’s more than just having the right equipment in an aircraft. As the type of equipment is diverse, it is essential that the pilot knows how the technology and equipment in the aircraft works together. “When flying PBN, more reliance is placed on the aircraft and the pilot, as opposed to air traffic control,” adds PPL/IR Europe Director Julian Scarfe. “In other words, with PBN it becomes absolutely crucial that the pilot understands the equipment, procedures and obligations.”
Which leads us to the last point: the pilots themselves. In order to take advantage of LPV procedures, operators typically need specific approval to fly them. This is because LPVs are a relatively new concept that require not only that the aircraft and its cockpit avionics have the corresponding airworthiness approval, but also that pilots have appropriate training, checking standards and operational procedures in place.
Although EASA is currently working to amend some of these regulations, eliminating the burden of having to apply for SPA, all operators will still be required to follow the necessary operational procedures and CAT operators will have to amend their operational manual accordingly as part of their air operator approval from their authorities. On this point, the GSA provides EGNOS training materials via the EGNOS user support website. From August 2018, the core training syllabus for the instrument rating will include PBN concepts, many reliant on EGNOS.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Approaches, equipment and training: the three pillars of EGNOS and general aviation
10.5.2016 10:14 European GNSS AgencyThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) talks EGNOS-based procedures during Aero Friedrichshafen – one of the world’s largest general aviation tradeshows.
Although many think of April in Paris, for the general aviation crowd, April means Germany. More specifically, April is Aero Friedrichshafen time – one of the world’s largest general aviation (GA) trade shows. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) joined the international GA crowd to discuss the many benefits that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides this important sector.
At the front of everybody’s mind was the GSA’s recent declaration of the LPV 200 (localiser performance with vertical guidance) service. Using EGNOS, LPV-200 provides pilots with more accurate guidance for safer aircraft landings, even in poor weather conditions.
The service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to instrument landing system (ILS) CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height (DH) of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- Contingency procedures for adverse weather conditions
- Greater availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP)
- Facilitate pilot training and instrument rating
All EGNOS-based approaches, both LPV and the new LPV-200, are considered ILS look-alikes but without the expensive ground infrastructure required for ILS. “We received great feedback from pilots who say that landing with EGNOS is more comfortable, easy to follow and often more stable than with conventional ILS approaches,” says GSA Market Development Officer . “Because of the increasing number of EGNOS-enabled airports throughout Europe, there is growing enthusiasm among the European general aviation community for the use of satellite-based approach systems (SBAS) and, as a result, many general aviation aircraft are now SBAS capable.”
Although the GSA’s EGNOS-based LPV service is free and requires no upgrade to an airport’s ground infrastructure or to existing certified EGNOS receivers, in order to fly LPV one does need procedures, a certified aircraft and a properly trained pilot. “In taking this EGNOS message forward within the GA community, we must continue to focus on its relation to three core pillars: approaches, equipment and pilot training,” says PPL/IR Europe Chairman Paul Sherry.
Pillar I: Procedures
As to the procedures, the GSA and the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) work directly with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to establish EGNOS Working Agreements, the legal tool that defines the working arrangements between ESSP and the ANSP in charge of the LPV procedure.
To help with this process in the UK, the GSA-is supporting LPV approaches for General Aviation. One of the projects, called GAGA, is working to increase the availability of LPV approach procedures, with a specific focus on GA airports in the UK. “General aviation competes for airspace with commercial aviation, which places severe limitations on the sector’s access to airports,” explains Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) UK CEO Martin Robinson. “Yet at the same time GA contributes GBP 3 billion of gross value added and is responsible for more than 38 000 jobs, so it is important that we support the GA industry.”
- Increase the availability of LPV approach procedures (focusing on such GA airports as Haverfordwest (EGFE), Gloucestershire (EGBJ) and Stapleford (EGSG)
- Reduce costs for instrument flight rules (IFR) rating training
- Contingency procedures during adverse weather conditions
- Implement Independent Pilots Association (IPA) procedures at airports that do not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements for instrument runways
- Encourage adoption of EGNOS-based LPV procedures on GA visual flight rules (VFRs) airports with no instrument approach procedures
- Promote GNSS technologies within GA
- Familiarisation and flight training of pilots to gain experience of GNSS approaches using EGNOS-based procedures
Pillar II: Equipment
Many of the latest GA aircraft come EGNOS-ready, including models from Cessna, Diamond, Piper and Cirrus. For legacy aircraft, the GSA notes they have a complete list of forward and retrofit solutions.
“GNSS approaches (also known as RNP APCH) are great news for light GA aircraft,” says Sherry. “It’s really the first opportunity to put this PBN avionics equipment into the types of aircraft it was originally built for.”
What this means for GA aircraft and the GA pilot is a greater expectation of automation, less vectors and more procedural approaches. According to Sherry, PBN technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. “From 1950 to 2000, IFR approach technology was fairly stable, ground-based and involved pretty much the same operation between different manufacturers and different installations,” he says. “But this changed with PBN, which is a complex combination of procedures, infrastructure, air traffic control (ATC), aircraft, avionics and aircrew.”
The GSA facilitates the use of EGNOS for GA in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). For example, one major achievement of this collaboration is the development of a multi model list for avionics approved for the most widely used avionics by GA pilots, Garmin GNS430W and GNS530W. Recognising that GA demands cost-effective avionics, having these models approved for LPV capability helps bring the cost down from EUR 10 000 per aircraft registration to just EUR 300 – making EGNOS a realistic option for GA operators.
Pillar III: Training
However, it’s more than just having the right equipment in an aircraft. As the type of equipment is diverse, it is essential that the pilot knows how the technology and equipment in the aircraft works together. “When flying PBN, more reliance is placed on the aircraft and the pilot, as opposed to air traffic control,” adds PPL/IR Europe Director Julian Scarfe. “In other words, with PBN it becomes absolutely crucial that the pilot understands the equipment, procedures and obligations.”
Which leads us to the last point: the pilots themselves. In order to take advantage of LPV procedures, operators typically need specific approval to fly them. This is because LPVs are a relatively new concept that require not only that the aircraft and its cockpit avionics have the corresponding airworthiness approval, but also that pilots have appropriate training, checking standards and operational procedures in place.
Although EASA is currently working to amend some of these regulations, eliminating the burden of having to apply for SPA, all operators will still be required to follow the necessary operational procedures and CAT operators will have to amend their operational manual accordingly as part of their air operator approval from their authorities. On this point, the GSA provides EGNOS training materials via the EGNOS user support website. From August 2018, the core training syllabus for the instrument rating will include PBN concepts, many reliant on EGNOS.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Approaches, equipment and training: the three pillars of EGNOS and general aviation
10.5.2016 10:14 European GNSS AgencyThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) talks EGNOS-based procedures during Aero Friedrichshafen – one of the world’s largest general aviation tradeshows.
Although many think of April in Paris, for the general aviation crowd, April means Germany. More specifically, April is Aero Friedrichshafen time – one of the world’s largest general aviation (GA) trade shows. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) joined the international GA crowd to discuss the many benefits that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides this important sector.
At the front of everybody’s mind was the GSA’s recent declaration of the LPV 200 (localiser performance with vertical guidance) service. Using EGNOS, LPV-200 provides pilots with more accurate guidance for safer aircraft landings, even in poor weather conditions.
The service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to instrument landing system (ILS) CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height (DH) of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- Contingency procedures for adverse weather conditions
- Greater availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP)
- Facilitate pilot training and instrument rating
All EGNOS-based approaches, both LPV and the new LPV-200, are considered ILS look-alikes but without the expensive ground infrastructure required for ILS. “We received great feedback from pilots who say that landing with EGNOS is more comfortable, easy to follow and often more stable than with conventional ILS approaches,” says GSA Market Development Officer Katerina Strelcova. “Because of the increasing number of EGNOS-enabled airports throughout Europe, there is growing enthusiasm among the European general aviation community for the use of satellite-based approach systems (SBAS) and, as a result, many general aviation aircraft are now SBAS capable.”
Although the GSA’s EGNOS-based LPV service is free and requires no upgrade to an airport’s ground infrastructure or to existing certified EGNOS receivers, in order to fly LPV one does need procedures, a certified aircraft and a properly trained pilot. “In taking this EGNOS message forward within the GA community, we must continue to focus on its relation to three core pillars: approaches, equipment and pilot training,” says PPL/IR Europe Chairman Paul Sherry.
Pillar I: Procedures
As to the procedures, the GSA and the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) work directly with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to establish EGNOS Working Agreements, the legal tool that defines the working arrangements between ESSP and the ANSP in charge of the LPV procedure.
To help with this process in the UK, the GSA-is supporting LPV approaches for General Aviation. One of the projects, called GAGA, is working to increase the availability of LPV approach procedures, with a specific focus on GA airports in the UK. “General aviation competes for airspace with commercial aviation, which places severe limitations on the sector’s access to airports,” explains Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) UK CEO Martin Robinson. “Yet at the same time GA contributes GBP 3 billion of gross value added and is responsible for more than 38 000 jobs, so it is important that we support the GA industry.”
- Increase the availability of LPV approach procedures (focusing on such GA airports as Haverfordwest (EGFE), Gloucestershire (EGBJ) and Stapleford (EGSG)
- Reduce costs for instrument flight rules (IFR) rating training
- Contingency procedures during adverse weather conditions
- Implement Independent Pilots Association (IPA) procedures at airports that do not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements for instrument runways
- Encourage adoption of EGNOS-based LPV procedures on GA visual flight rules (VFRs) airports with no instrument approach procedures
- Promote GNSS technologies within GA
- Familiarisation and flight training of pilots to gain experience of GNSS approaches using EGNOS-based procedures
Pillar II: Equipment
Many of the latest GA aircraft come EGNOS-ready, including models from Cessna, Diamond, Piper and Cirrus. For legacy aircraft, the GSA notes they have a complete list of forward and retrofit solutions.
“GNSS approaches (also known as RNP APCH) are great news for light GA aircraft,” says Sherry. “It’s really the first opportunity to put this PBN avionics equipment into the types of aircraft it was originally built for.”
What this means for GA aircraft and the GA pilot is a greater expectation of automation, less vectors and more procedural approaches. According to Sherry, PBN technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. “From 1950 to 2000, IFR approach technology was fairly stable, ground-based and involved pretty much the same operation between different manufacturers and different installations,” he says. “But this changed with PBN, which is a complex combination of procedures, infrastructure, air traffic control (ATC), aircraft, avionics and aircrew.”
The GSA facilitates the use of EGNOS for GA in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). For example, one major achievement of this collaboration is the development of a multi model list for avionics approved for the most widely used avionics by GA pilots, Garmin GNS430W and GNS530W. Recognising that GA demands cost-effective avionics, having these models approved for LPV capability helps bring the cost down from EUR 10 000 per aircraft registration to just EUR 300 – making EGNOS a realistic option for GA operators.
Pillar III: Training
However, it’s more than just having the right equipment in an aircraft. As the type of equipment is diverse, it is essential that the pilot knows how the technology and equipment in the aircraft works together. “When flying PBN, more reliance is placed on the aircraft and the pilot, as opposed to air traffic control,” adds PPL/IR Europe Director Julian Scarfe. “In other words, with PBN it becomes absolutely crucial that the pilot understands the equipment, procedures and obligations.”
Which leads us to the last point: the pilots themselves. In order to take advantage of LPV procedures, operators typically need specific approval to fly them. This is because LPVs are a relatively new concept that require not only that the aircraft and its cockpit avionics have the corresponding airworthiness approval, but also that pilots have appropriate training, checking standards and operational procedures in place.
Although EASA is currently working to amend some of these regulations, eliminating the burden of having to apply for SPA, all operators will still be required to follow the necessary operational procedures and CAT operators will have to amend their operational manual accordingly as part of their air operator approval from their authorities. On this point, the GSA provides EGNOS training materials via the EGNOS user support website. From August 2018, the core training syllabus for the instrument rating will include PBN concepts, many reliant on EGNOS.
Media note: This feature can be republished without charge provided the European GNSS Agency (GSA) is acknowledged as the source at the top or the bottom of the story. You must request permission before you use any of the photographs on the site. If you republish, we would be grateful if you could link back to the GSA website (http://www.gsa.europa.eu).
Approaches, equipment and training: the three pillars of EGNOS and general aviation
10.5.2016 10:14 European GNSS AgencyThe European GNSS Agency (GSA) talks EGNOS-based procedures during Aero Friedrichshafen – one of the world’s largest general aviation tradeshows.
Although many think of April in Paris, for the general aviation crowd, April means Germany. More specifically, April is Aero Friedrichshafen time – one of the world’s largest general aviation (GA) trade shows. Once again, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) joined the international GA crowd to discuss the many benefits that the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) provides this important sector.
At the front of everybody’s mind was the GSA’s recent declaration of the LPV 200 (localiser performance with vertical guidance) service. Using EGNOS, LPV-200 provides pilots with more accurate guidance for safer aircraft landings, even in poor weather conditions.
The service level enables aircraft approaches that are operationally equivalent to instrument landing system (ILS) CAT I, providing lateral and vertical guidance without the need for visual contact with the ground until a decision height (DH) of only 200 feet above the runway as minimum.
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- No need for ground infrastructure
- Increased availability of EGNOS equipage
- Increased access to airports
- Contingency procedures for adverse weather conditions
- Greater availability of instrument approach procedures (IAP)
- Facilitate pilot training and instrument rating
All EGNOS-based approaches, both LPV and the new LPV-200, are considered ILS look-alikes but without the expensive ground infrastructure required for ILS. “We received great feedback from pilots who say that landing with EGNOS is more comfortable, easy to follow and often more stable than with conventional ILS approaches,” says GSA Market Development Officer Katerina Strelcova. “Because of the increasing number of EGNOS-enabled airports throughout Europe, there is growing enthusiasm among the European general aviation community for the use of satellite-based approach systems (SBAS) and, as a result, many general aviation aircraft are now SBAS capable.”
Although the GSA’s EGNOS-based LPV service is free and requires no upgrade to an airport’s ground infrastructure or to existing certified EGNOS receivers, in order to fly LPV one does need procedures, a certified aircraft and a properly trained pilot. “In taking this EGNOS message forward within the GA community, we must continue to focus on its relation to three core pillars: approaches, equipment and pilot training,” says PPL/IR Europe Chairman Paul Sherry.
Pillar I: Procedures
As to the procedures, the GSA and the EGNOS Service Provider (ESSP) work directly with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to establish EGNOS Working Agreements, the legal tool that defines the working arrangements between ESSP and the ANSP in charge of the LPV procedure.
To help with this process in the UK, the GSA-is supporting LPV approaches for General Aviation. One of the projects, called GAGA, is working to increase the availability of LPV approach procedures, with a specific focus on GA airports in the UK. “General aviation competes for airspace with commercial aviation, which places severe limitations on the sector’s access to airports,” explains Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) UK CEO Martin Robinson. “Yet at the same time GA contributes GBP 3 billion of gross value added and is responsible for more than 38 000 jobs, so it is important that we support the GA industry.”
- Increase the availability of LPV approach procedures (focusing on such GA airports as Haverfordwest (EGFE), Gloucestershire (EGBJ) and Stapleford (EGSG)
- Reduce costs for instrument flight rules (IFR) rating training
- Contingency procedures during adverse weather conditions
- Implement Independent Pilots Association (IPA) procedures at airports that do not meet International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) requirements for instrument runways
- Encourage adoption of EGNOS-based LPV procedures on GA visual flight rules (VFRs) airports with no instrument approach procedures
- Promote GNSS technologies within GA
- Familiarisation and flight training of pilots to gain experience of GNSS approaches using EGNOS-based procedures
Pillar II: Equipment
Many of the latest GA aircraft come EGNOS-ready, including models from Cessna, Diamond, Piper and Cirrus. For legacy aircraft, the GSA notes they have a complete list of forward and retrofit solutions.
“GNSS approaches (also known as RNP APCH) are great news for light GA aircraft,” says Sherry. “It’s really the first opportunity to put this PBN avionics equipment into the types of aircraft it was originally built for.”
What this means for GA aircraft and the GA pilot is a greater expectation of automation, less vectors and more procedural approaches. According to Sherry, PBN technology has rapidly evolved over the past decade. “From 1950 to 2000, IFR approach technology was fairly stable, ground-based and involved pretty much the same operation between different manufacturers and different installations,” he says. “But this changed with PBN, which is a complex combination of procedures, infrastructure, air traffic control (ATC), aircraft, avionics and aircrew.”
The GSA facilitates the use of EGNOS for GA in conjunction with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). For example, one major achievement of this collaboration is the development of a multi model list for avionics approved for the most widely used avionics by GA pilots, Garmin GNS430W and GNS530W. Recognising that GA demands cost-effective avionics, having these models approved for LPV capability helps bring the cost down from EUR 10 000 per aircraft registration to just EUR 300 – making EGNOS a realistic option for GA operators.
Pillar III: Training
However, it’s more than just having the right equipment in an aircraft. As the type of equipment is diverse, it is essential that the pilot knows how the technology and equipment in the aircraft works together. “When flying PBN, more reliance is placed on the aircraft and the pilot, as opposed to air traffic control,” adds PPL/IR Europe Director Julian Scarfe. “In other words, with PBN it becomes absolutely crucial that the pilot understands the equipment, procedures and obligations.”
Which leads us to the last point: the pilots themselves. In order to take advantage of LPV procedures, operators typically need specific approval to fly them. This is because LPVs are a relatively new concept that require not only that the aircraft and its cockpit avionics have the corresponding airworthiness approval, but also that pilots have appropriate training, checking standards and operational procedures in place.
Although EASA is currently working to amend some of these regulations, eliminating the burden of having to apply for SPA, all operators will still be required to follow the necessary operational procedures and CAT operators will have to amend their operational manual accordingly as part of their air operator approval from their authorities. On this point, the GSA provides EGNOS training materials via the EGNOS user support website. From August 2018, the core training syllabus for the instrument rating will include PBN concepts, many reliant on EGNOS.
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Odborný rada – vedoucí oddělení právní vztahy k nemovitostem. (2)
10.5.2016 10:11 ČÚZK - volná místa Katastrální úřad pro Vysočinu, Katastrální pracoviště Žďár nad SázavouOdborný rada – vedoucí oddělení právní vztahy k nemovitostem. (2)
10.5.2016 10:11 ČÚZK - předpisy a opatření Katastrální úřad pro Vysočinu Katastrální pracoviště Žďár nad SázavouOdborný rada – vedoucí oddělení právní vztahy k nemovitostem. (2)
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10.5.2016 9:28 Zeměměřič Ve dnech 5. a 6. května 2016 se v prostorách Krajského úřadu Plzeňského kraje uskutečnilo setkání partnerů digitálních technických map krajů, které organizoval Odbor informatiky Krajského úřadu Plzeňského kraje. Na úvod setkání se uskutečnilo i pracovní setkání na téma Registr pasivní (fyzické) infrastruktury pro potřeby digitálních technických map a best practices krajů v této oblastiSemifinále soutěže Odysseus v ČR
10.5.2016 9:11 Česká kosmická kancelář
Na celotýdenní semifinále soutěže Odysseus v ČR bylo vybráno z národních kol středoškolské kategorie Pioneers nejlepších 13 týmů, 31 studentů ve věku 14-18 let z ČR, Slovenska a Rumunska. Vítězi semifinále celoevropské vědecké soutěže Odysseus se stal tým z Prahy, na druhém místě byl tým z rumunské Bukurešti.
Earth from Space
10.5.2016 9:10 ESA Observing the Earth
Wolfram Mauser, Chairman of the Earth Science Advisory Committee, joins us at the Living Planet Symposium in Prague to discuss some of the highlights from ESA’s Earth Explorer missions
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10.5.2016 8:17 ČÚZK - volná místa Katastrální úřad pro Liberecký kraj, Katastrální pracoviště Česká LípaOdborný/vrchní referent v oddělení dokumentace
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10.5.2016 8:06 Český Kosmický PortálNejnovější pár družic evropského navigačního systému Galileo byl natankován, čímž vstoupil do další důležité fáze předletové přípravy. Start je plánovaný na palubě rakety Sojuz z evropského kosmodromu ve Francouzské Guayaně 24. května.
Družice Galileo byly před startem natankovány
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Odborný referent v oddělení dokumentace
10.5.2016 7:57 ČÚZK - volná místa Katastrální úřad pro Liberecký kraj, Katastrální pracoviště Česká LípaOdborný referent v oddělení dokumentace
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10.5.2016 7:57 ČÚZK - předpisy a opatření Katastrální úřad pro Liberecký kraj Katastrální pracoviště Česká LípaGIS Esri v ČR 2016 - první informace
10.5.2016 7:00 Česká asociace pro geoinformace Tradiční a největší geoinformatická konference u nás, GIS Esri v ČR, se letos uskuteční v termínu 2. - 3. listopadu.Závazné termíny
30. 6. 2016 – přihláška přednášky,
30. 6. 2016 – přihláška firemní prezentace,
30. 6. 2016 – přihláška stánku,
23. 9. 2016 – přihláška on-line aplikace na přehlídku,
23. 9. 2016 – přihláška posterů na
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SFPE Foundation Awards Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant to University of Michigan
9.5.2016 20:35 Bentley SystemsProject uses intelligent sensors to transmit data on fire behavior to Internet data repository for rapid, informed decision-making
The SFPE Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2016 Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant has been awarded to the University of Michigan’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a project called “Computing Infrastructure for a Multi-Criteria Wireless Sensing and Real-Time Visualization Network for Intelligent Firefighting.” The $25,000 grant is named in memory of FDNY Assistant Chief Donald Burns, who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001, while setting up his command post to direct the evacuation. Its purpose is to help advance the integration of information modeling as a means of improving infrastructure safety and fire service preparedness.
The grant is awarded through a partnership with Bentley Systems, a global leader dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure. The 2016 grant will fund research on the use of wireless sensor networks in buildings to transmit critical information to firefighters and incident commanders, in real time, to aid in strategizing firefighting operations and provide early warning of impending danger.
Paul Beata, the Ph.D. student who submitted the grant application, proposes that traditional sensors used for fire detection (e.g., smoke detectors) be replaced by intelligent wireless sensors that monitor fire behavior and transmit information wirelessly to an Internet-accessible data repository. An interface within Bentley’s BIM solution will enable users to visualize and quickly interpret the data using available hardware and data collection protocols. This will facilitate rapid, informed decision-making, dramatically improving safety and making it possible for first responders to more quickly contain and extinguish fires.
“We are thrilled to accept this award dedicated to Chief Donald Burns,” said Dr. Ann Jeffers, an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, who – along with Dr. Vineet Kamat, a professor in the same department – will supervise Beata’s research. “Paul’s proposed research complements and builds on the Imperial College ‘Fire Navigator’ project funded by the 2015 Burns Grant. The novelty of the research lies in the use of multiple fire signatures to identify fire events in real time and to digitally represent the information in software. We expect the proposed research to further validate the integration of sensor technologies with BIM strategies and further advance its deployment via industry partners in the fire protection market.”
“I can only imagine Don’s extreme gratitude toward those developing technology that can give first responders crucial information that enables them to quickly determine the optimal way to evacuate occupants of a burning building and fight the fire,” said Lew Reed, Bentley Systems (retired) vice president and Chief Burns’ brother-in-law. “He would surely view this forthcoming innovation as an invaluable addition to the first responders’ tool set – one that will help safeguard the public at large as well as the firefighters who regularly put their lives on the line for the communities they serve.”
“This grant provides an important opportunity to advance the science and technology that protects the firefighters who risk their lives, as Chief Burns did, in order to serve and protect the public,” said April Hammond-Berkol, chair of the SFPE Educational & Scientific Foundation’s Board of Governors. “It marries the principles of fire protection engineering and BIM solutions to develop next-generation tools that can be used by first responders.”
A presentation about the project will be submitted to the 2017 SFPE North America Conference and to the official SFPE journal Fire Technology for possible publication.
Last year’s Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant was awarded to Nahom Daniel, an MSc graduate student, and Dr. Guillermo Rein, a senior lecturer, at the Imperial College London. The grant funded the creation of a new firefighting tool, called the Fire Navigator, that forecasts the spread of a fire inside a smart building using sensors and BIM methodologies. Fire Navigator is designed to provide real-time building-specific information, such as the building’s structural framework and current occupancy as well as real-time and forecasted fire intensity and smoke distribution, to firefighters to help inform evacuation prioritization. Although performance results to date are not based on actual sensor data feeds, and thus are still theoretical, the feasibility of the project’s ambition has been confirmed. This new technology of fire forecasting is now ready for proof-of-concept inside a real building and expansion to the protection of other key infrastructure such as tunnels and power plants. Details about the project were recently highlighted in FPE Extra.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2008 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com.
About the Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Organized in 1950, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional organization that represents engineers engaged in fire protection worldwide. Through its membership of over 5,000 professionals and 65 international chapters, SFPE advances the science and practice of fire protection engineering while maintaining a high ethical standard. SFPE and its members serve to make the world a safer place by reducing the burden of unwanted fire through the application of science and technology. For additional information about SFPE, visit www.sfpe.org or email education@sfpe.org.
For additional information about the Chief Donald Burns Memorial Research Grant, click here.
Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
SFPE Foundation Awards Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant to University of Michigan
9.5.2016 20:35 Bentley SystemsProject uses intelligent sensors to transmit data on fire behavior to Internet data repository for rapid, informed decision-making
The SFPE Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2016 Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant has been awarded to the University of Michigan’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for a project called “Computing Infrastructure for a Multi-Criteria Wireless Sensing and Real-Time Visualization Network for Intelligent Firefighting.” The $25,000 grant is named in memory of FDNY Assistant Chief Donald Burns, who died in the collapse of the World Trade Center Towers on September 11, 2001, while setting up his command post to direct the evacuation. Its purpose is to help advance the integration of information modeling as a means of improving infrastructure safety and fire service preparedness.
The grant is awarded through a partnership with Bentley Systems, a global leader dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure. The 2016 grant will fund research on the use of wireless sensor networks in buildings to transmit critical information to firefighters and incident commanders, in real time, to aid in strategizing firefighting operations and provide early warning of impending danger.
Paul Beata, the Ph.D. student who submitted the grant application, proposes that traditional sensors used for fire detection (e.g., smoke detectors) be replaced by intelligent wireless sensors that monitor fire behavior and transmit information wirelessly to an Internet-accessible data repository. An interface within Bentley’s BIM solution will enable users to visualize and quickly interpret the data using available hardware and data collection protocols. This will facilitate rapid, informed decision-making, dramatically improving safety and making it possible for first responders to more quickly contain and extinguish fires.
“We are thrilled to accept this award dedicated to Chief Donald Burns,” said Dr. Ann Jeffers, an associate professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan, who – along with Dr. Vineet Kamat, a professor in the same department – will supervise Beata’s research. “Paul’s proposed research complements and builds on the Imperial College ‘Fire Navigator’ project funded by the 2015 Burns Grant. The novelty of the research lies in the use of multiple fire signatures to identify fire events in real time and to digitally represent the information in software. We expect the proposed research to further validate the integration of sensor technologies with BIM strategies and further advance its deployment via industry partners in the fire protection market.”
“I can only imagine Don’s extreme gratitude toward those developing technology that can give first responders crucial information that enables them to quickly determine the optimal way to evacuate occupants of a burning building and fight the fire,” said Lew Reed, Bentley Systems (retired) vice president and Chief Burns’ brother-in-law. “He would surely view this forthcoming innovation as an invaluable addition to the first responders’ tool set – one that will help safeguard the public at large as well as the firefighters who regularly put their lives on the line for the communities they serve.”
“This grant provides an important opportunity to advance the science and technology that protects the firefighters who risk their lives, as Chief Burns did, in order to serve and protect the public,” said April Hammond-Berkol, chair of the SFPE Educational & Scientific Foundation’s Board of Governors. “It marries the principles of fire protection engineering and BIM solutions to develop next-generation tools that can be used by first responders.”
A presentation about the project will be submitted to the 2017 SFPE North America Conference and to the official SFPE journal Fire Technology for possible publication.
Last year’s Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial Research Grant was awarded to Nahom Daniel, an MSc graduate student, and Dr. Guillermo Rein, a senior lecturer, at the Imperial College London. The grant funded the creation of a new firefighting tool, called the Fire Navigator, that forecasts the spread of a fire inside a smart building using sensors and BIM methodologies. Fire Navigator is designed to provide real-time building-specific information, such as the building’s structural framework and current occupancy as well as real-time and forecasted fire intensity and smoke distribution, to firefighters to help inform evacuation prioritization. Although performance results to date are not based on actual sensor data feeds, and thus are still theoretical, the feasibility of the project’s ambition has been confirmed. This new technology of fire forecasting is now ready for proof-of-concept inside a real building and expansion to the protection of other key infrastructure such as tunnels and power plants. Details about the project were recently highlighted in FPE Extra.
About Bentley Systems
Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing architects, engineers, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver better-performing projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by worldwide professional services and comprehensive managed services.
Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,000 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $600 million in annual revenues, and since 2008 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. Additional information about Bentley is available at www.bentley.com.
About the Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Organized in 1950, the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional organization that represents engineers engaged in fire protection worldwide. Through its membership of over 5,000 professionals and 65 international chapters, SFPE advances the science and practice of fire protection engineering while maintaining a high ethical standard. SFPE and its members serve to make the world a safer place by reducing the burden of unwanted fire through the application of science and technology. For additional information about SFPE, visit www.sfpe.org or email education@sfpe.org.
For additional information about the Chief Donald Burns Memorial Research Grant, click here.
Bentley, the “B” Bentley logo, MicroStation, and ProjectWise are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiaries. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.