Study and Evaluation of the Omega Navigation System for Transoceanic Navigation by Civil Aviation

Study and Evaluation of the Omega Navigation System for Transoceanic Navigation by Civil Aviation
Author: Robert E. Scott
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Total Pages: 100
Release: 1969
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The purposes of the study were to evaluate the accuracy of the Omega Navigation System operating in an airborne environment and the potential operational utility of the system for civil aviation. The error sources of Omega are identified, and their effect on the ability of an aircraft to maintain the desired flight track is evaluated. Characteristics of Omega which are pertinent to operation by civil aviation but which cannot be fully evaluated with available information are identified and recommendations for further investigations are given. The use of omega as a navigational aid with Omega signals continuously available at the input of the receiver, with compensation for lane loss, and with an appropriate phase-propagation model would allow air-craft operation at conventional aircraft speeds with rms cross-track deviations of 3 nmi if the 10.2 kHz carrier is used for position fixing. The most serious errors would result from failure of lane identification. Several methods of improving resolution reliability in airborne applications are given. Omega could be employed as a useful and valuable navigational aid if several potential problems can be resolved satisfactorily. While solutions to these problems can reasonably by expected with present technology, they have not been conclusively demonstrated. (Author).

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
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Total Pages: 742
Release: 1977
Genre: Aeronautics
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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

Flight Test and Evaluation of Omega Navigation for General Aviation

Flight Test and Evaluation of Omega Navigation for General Aviation
Author: Peter V. Hwoschinsky
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Total Pages: 272
Release: 1975
Genre: Aeronautics, Commercial
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A seventy hour flight test program was accomplished to determine the suitability and accuracy of a low cost Omega navigation receiver in a general aviation aircraft. An analysis was made of signal availability in two widely separated geographic areas. Comparison was made of the results of these flights with previous work focused on VOR/ DME. Conclusions are drawn from the test experience that indicate developmental system improvement is necessary before a competent fail safe or fail soft area navigation system is offered to general aviation.

SRDS Technical Program Document

SRDS Technical Program Document
Author: United States. Federal Aviation Administration. Systems Research and Development Service
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Total Pages: 184
Release: 1971
Genre: Aeronautics
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