The Development of Programs for Minimum-time Tracks

This paper outlines the phase of the flight planning operation in which airlines calculate minimum-time tracks for the purpose of advising oceanic control centres of their needs prior to the definition of the Organised Track System (OTS). The results are based on 12- and 24-hour forecasts for a leve...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Navigation
Main Author: Bennett, L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1982
Subjects:
Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300021895
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300021895
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Summary:This paper outlines the phase of the flight planning operation in which airlines calculate minimum-time tracks for the purpose of advising oceanic control centres of their needs prior to the definition of the Organised Track System (OTS). The results are based on 12- and 24-hour forecasts for a level of 250 mb and aircraft assumed to fly at a constant Mach number of 0ยท82. The problem is defined in terms of a network in which the domestic route structure on each side of the North Atlantic is represented.

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