Airspace for All
As part of the joint Airspace4All/NATS Drone Infringement Safeguarding Project, City Airport (Manchester Barton) was the venue for an evening flight programme on Sunday 18th August 2019 where a drone and three GA aircraft, all equipped with electronic conspicuity flew a carefully planned exercise of circuits and circuit joins in the Barton ATZ to evaluate the … Continue reading Drone Infringement Safeguarding – ATS Traffic Display Video
There is an increasing demand to fly drones beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) in Class G airspace. This potentially brings those drones into contact with manned aviation flying VFR in the same airspace, which includes General Aviation (GA), commercial air transport and military users. Whilst there is an industry aspiration to fully integrate … Continue reading Drone Infringement Safeguarding
Our GA Airfield ATS ADS-B Traffic Display Trial is now under way at City Airport (Manchester Barton). This affords us the opportunity to initiate another of our projects, researching the viability of ADS-B for drones. We do not foresee this technology being applicable for all drones. Far from it. However, for those drones that … Continue reading Researching ADS-B for Drones in the GA Environment
We’re going to be doing research on ADS-B Electronic Conspicuity for drones in the general aviation environment, working with The University of Manchester, NATS, City Airport (Manchester Barton) and EJS-Aerial. ping1090i ADS-B transceivers loaned courtesy of uAvionix. Well, we will be once the OFCOM WTA Aeronautical Radio License comes through. 26th April 2019 Update: We've … Continue reading Researching ADS-B for drones in the GA Environment
Published by NATS today ( https://www.nats.aero/news/enabling-ads-b-out-for-general-aviation-gathers-pace/ ) : Enabling ADS-B OUT for General Aviation gathers pace Efforts to help private pilots enhance their situational awareness continue to progress following analysis of the CAA’s simultaneous surveillance trial and the release of new EASA standard modification procedures. The trial took place last year to understand the consequences of … Continue reading NATS Publish Mode S/CAP1391 ADS-B Simultaneous Transmission Study