PAVE: ASSISTANCE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT PILOTS FOR IFR ROTORCRAFT AIRPORT OPERATIONS

Kurzfassung

PAVE is a project for the development of a prototype of a helicopter pilot assistant system in which numerous experts in different areas are involved. The pallet extends from flight control, acoustics, aerial photograph processing, and human factors up to data processing and structure of hardware and integration. 4 institutes of the DLR and the French research establishment ONERA are involved in this project. A substantial part of the development and pre-working was accomplished, so that the system can now be tested and improved with the help of pilots. First flight tests take place in 2006 on the FHS in the environment of Braunschweig. The validation of the automatic flight guidance with the use of noise abatement procedures is one of the objectives in the context of the flight campaign.