American Airlines Data

. . . American. Airlines. . . Data Link. . . . ATN 2001 18 -19 September 2001 Frank Cheshire / Andy Fry

The Path to PETAL • Certification & Operations Approval • CDG Operations – Not your basic routine flights – Good support a key • Non-revenue test profiles – Data collection – Response to problems • Operational sector operations • Results 2

Certification & Ops Approval • Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) – AAL was the applicant, issued 6/06/01 – Applies to the B-767 -300 with Pegasus FMC and Rockwell Collins avionics package: • CMU - 900 • VHF - 920 VHF Digital Radio (VDR) • APM • Operations Approval – Issued mid-August – Triggered start of revenue flying 3

Charles de Gaulle Operations • Airframe Scheduling • Routing & Coordination – Non-standard routing and short flights – Lots of coordination • Kudos to lots of people/organizations – Internal to AA – Eurocontrol – CFMU and CDG ATC personnel 4

Non-Revenue Test Profiles • Objectives outlined by Eurocontrol – Specific profiles to establish system performance • Avionics performance with “operational” ground network • Ground network • The Controller’s end – Troubleshooting • Profiles modified or repeated to check “fixes” • Aircraft variables • Lots of data collected 5

Flight Log • • • • • 07: 25: 59 (AVLC) INFO (P=0) N(s)=4 N(r)=6 A/G=1 Source Addr: 0 x 5102 b 1 a, Dest Addr: 0 x 1 a 4 a 445 Frame Data: b 2 48 12 a 2 14 02 6 a 59 c 8 1 b ff 66 82 1 e 01 00 '. H. . j. Y. . . f. . ' 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee '. . . G. '. XAA. . . ' ee 00 2 b 02 00 ac 14 2 b c 2 00 '. . +. . ' 07: 25: 59 (VDL) SQP. indication=0, Source Addr: 0 x 5102 b 1 a ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 07: 25: 59 ARINC "584141 EE 002 B" 1800 "4700270158414100 EEEEEE 002 B 0200 AC 142 BC 200"RIF ISH_IN 11/07/01 07: 25: 59 ARINC "4700270158414100 EEEEEE 002 B 0200 AC 142 BC 200" "584141 EE 002 B"07: 25: 59 (AVLC) RR (F=0) N(r)=5 A/G=0 Source Addr: 0 x 1 a 4 a 445, Dest Addr: 0 x 5102 b 1 a Frame Data: 16 02 6 a 58 b 2 48 12 a 3 a 1 '. . j. X. H. . ' 07: 26: 44 (AVLC) INFO (P=0) N(s)=5 N(r)=6 A/G=1 Source Addr: 0 x 5102 b 1 a, Dest Addr: 0 x 1 a 4 a 445 Frame Data: b 2 48 12 a 2 14 02 6 a 59 ca 1 b ff 68 82 1 e 01 00 '. H. . j. Y. . . h. . ' 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee '. . . G. '. XAA. . . ' ee 00 2 b 02 00 ac 14 2 b c 2 00 '. . +. . ' ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 07: 26: 44 ARINC "584141 EE 002 B" 1800 "4700270158414100 EEEEEE 002 B 0200 AC 142 BC 200"07: 26: 44 (VDL) SQP. indication=0, Source Addr: 0 x 5102 b 1 a 6

Operational Sector Ops • The Pay-off ! – Controller-Pilot data link communications 7

Results • The “good” news - VDLM 2 works ! • The “other” news - there is room for improvement – Technical and operational suitability issues • 21 Non-revenue test profiles flown • Started data link with operational sectors on 17 August, it is continuing • PETAL an excellent proving ground • Next step - FAA Build I in Miami next year 8

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Brain Trust ? 14

Questions ? 15