Objective
The present S-Wake project aims to develop and apply tools for assessing appropriate (safe) wake vortex separation distances. There are two reasons for addressing the wake vortex safety issue in S-Wake. The first reason is that Airbus Industries (and Boeing) are planning the construction of a new very large transport aircraft, which potentially introduces a larger hazard for following aircraft than existing large aircraft. Secondly, with the present wake vortex separation rules, the major airports in Europe become increasingly congested. The S-Wake project addresses these issues by investigating the levels of wake vortex safety behind the projected new aircraft and by developing and applying a safety assessment methodology, based on a probabilistic approach. A large database with quantitative data for wake vortex encounters (based on one year Flight-Data-Recording data for aircraft arriving at a major European airport) will be collected and analysed for validating essential part of the S-Wake project.
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Call for proposal
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CSC - Cost-sharing contracts
Coordinator
1006 BM Amsterdam
Netherlands
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Participants (12)
21129 Hamburg
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TW6 2JA London
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31057 Toulouse
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63225 Langen
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38108 Braunschweig
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1049-001 Lisboa
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WC2B6TE London
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31055 Toulouse
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RG12 2SZ Bracknell
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10587 Berlin
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38108 Braunschweig
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UB7 0LQ Uxbridge
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