Adverse Weather Test Site Selection Study

This report details the percent frequency of occurrence of the adverse weather testing criteria (as outlined in AFFTC-TIH-88-004) for five airfields: Keflavik, Iceland; Goose Bay, Canada; Bodo, Norway; Volk Field, WI; and Dover AFB, DE. The data assists selection of a single location best suited, cl...

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Main Authors: Christy, Steven R., Comoglio, Ronald L., Hauser, Robert G., Lefevre, Randy J.
Other Authors: AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Military Aircraft Operations
Meteorology
*FLIGHT TESTING
*SITE SELECTION
FREQUENCY
GRAPHS
ICE FORMATION
RAIN
CLIMATOLOGY
TAXIWAYS
ATMOSPHERICS
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT
RUNWAYS
HANDLING
FREEZING
ENGINES
LANDING FIELDS
POLLUTANTS
ADVERSE WEATHER TESTING
Canada
Dover
Norway
Volk
Iceland
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA259012
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA259012
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Summary:This report details the percent frequency of occurrence of the adverse weather testing criteria (as outlined in AFFTC-TIH-88-004) for five airfields: Keflavik, Iceland; Goose Bay, Canada; Bodo, Norway; Volk Field, WI; and Dover AFB, DE. The data assists selection of a single location best suited, climatologically, to perform flight testing. Criteria tested and weather conditions evaluated include artificial and natural in-flight icing and rain; wet, slushy, and icy runway/taxiway performance and handling qualities; freezing rain exposure; engine water ingestion on the ground and in-flight; evaluation of instrument flight rules (IFR) capability; evaluation of the effects of corrosive atmospheric pollutants; and turbulent flight evaluation. Numerous tables and graphs an used to demonstrate the percent frequency differences of the adverse weather conditions between the five locations. Climatology, Adverse weather testing, Adverse weather site selection, Flight testing.

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