Preliminary Development and Flight Trials of a Cruise Altitude and Speed Optimization Decision Support Tool

A cruise altitude and speed optimization decision support tool, based on the concept of a minimum cost altitude tunnel, was developed to aid flight crew and dispatcher situational awareness and decision-making in vertical trajectory planning in order to reduce fuel and time costs. As the optimal a...

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Main Authors: Li, Clement, Hansman, R. John
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118439