Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane Products and Technologies

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Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane
Products and Technologies

• Walter Desrosier
• General Aviation Manufacturers Association

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AGENDA

• Who is GAMA?
• What is General Aviation?
• Future Vision of GA Airplane Products and
  Technologies
• Scenarios
• Challenges and Opportunities
• Open Discussion

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WHO IS GAMA?

• GAMA Member Companies
• Airplane Manufacturers
• Boeing Business Jets
• Bombardier Aerospace
• Cessna Aircraft
• Cirrus Design
• Dassault Falcon Jet
• Diamond Aircraft
• EADS Socata
• Embraer Aircraft
• Engine Manufacturers
• Honeywell Engines
• Lycoming Engines
• Pratt Whitney Canada

• Gulfstream Aerospace
• Mooney Aerospace
• Piaggio Aero Industries
• Pilatus Aircraft
• The New Piper Aircraft
• Raytheon Aircraft
• Sabreliner

• Rolls-Royce NA
• Teledyne Continental
• Williams International

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WHO IS GAMA? (Cont.)

• GAMA Member Companies (Cont.)
• Avionics Manufacturers
• Avidyne Corporation
• Century Flight Systems
• Garmin International
• Honeywell Aerospace Electronics
• L-3 Communications Avionics
• Component Manufacturers
• Aircraft Technical Publishers
• Airtechnics
• Argo-Tech
• B/E Aerospace
• CAE SimuFlite
• Crane Aerospace Electronics
• DeCrane Aircraft Holdings
• Dukes
• FlightSafety International

• Meggitt/S-TEC
• Rockwell Collins
• Safe Flight Instrument
• Universal Avionics Systems

• Hartzell Propeller
• Jeppesen
• Kelly Aerospace
• The NORDAM Group
• Parker Hannifin Corporation
• PerkinElmer Fluid Sciences
• PPG Aerospace
• Precision Aerospace Group LLC
• Smiths Aerospace Mech. Systems
• Unison Industries
• Woodward Governor Company

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WHAT IS GENERAL AVIATION?

• General Aviation is defined as all aviation other
  than military and commercial airlines
• Private Operations
• Charter Operations
• Aerial Work Operations
• Scope of General Aviation (In the U.S.)
• Over 211,000 airplanes
• Over 27 million flight hours
• More than 5,000 communities rely exclusively
• Directly contributes more than 41 billion
• Shipments and Billings

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WHAT IS GENERAL AVIATION? (Cont.)
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FUTURE VISION OF GA AIRPLANES

• Discussion Scenarios
• Integrated All-Glass Cockpit
• Very Light Jets
• Supersonic Business Jets
• Talking Points for Each Scenario
• General Description
• Challenges
• Opportunities

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Integrated All-Glass Cockpit

• Electronic display and control of all primary
  flight instrument and Nav/Com functions
• Increased functionality and situational awareness
• Improved Safety
• Increased Ease of Use
• 70-85 of new piston-airplanes in 2005

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Integrated All-Glass Cockpit (Cont.)

• Challenges
• Ensure understanding of use and capabilities
• Transition from traditional to glass
• Transition from glass to glass
• Opportunities
• Training
• Type-rating
• FAA-Industry Training Standard (FITS)
• Design
• Standardize essential functions
• GAMA Publication No. 12, Recommended Practices
  and Guidelines for an Integrated
  Cockpit/Flightdeck in a 14 CFR Part 23 (or
  equivalent) airplane
• AC 23-23, Standardization Guide for Integrated
  Cockpits in Part 23 Airplanes

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Very Light Jets

• Why a New Very Light Jet Category
• Availability of cost-effective technologies
• Engines
• Avionics
• Strong outlook for business jet market
• Very Light Jet Programs (Announced)
• Adam A700
• Cessna Mustang
• Diamond D-Jet
• Eclipse 500
• Embraer VLJ
• HondaJet
• Others

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Very Light Jets (Cont.)

• Challenges and Opportunities
• Part 23 Airworthiness Standards Not Appropriate
• Special Conditions
• FAA Aviation Rulemaking Committee Recommendation
  for Part 23 Amendment
• Safety Considerations for Introduction of Very
  Light Jet Category Airplanes
• Training standards (type rating)
• Manufacturer required training and performance
• Insurance company requirements
• Other issues?
• Safety Considerations for Potential Air-Taxi
• Systems appropriate for large fleet operators
• Other issues?

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Supersonic Business Jets

• Supersonic Business Jet (SSBJ) Could Be
  Technically Feasible in About 10 Years
• Industry and government research indicates that
  technology barriers can be overcome
• Noise reduced to sonic swoosh or click
• A segment of the market will pay for speed
• SSBJ Experience will be applied to transport
• Several Manufacturers Evaluating SSBJ
• Design principles
• Operate in current NAS environment
• Airport and ground support requirements
  equivalent to commercial airplanes
• Must be able to operate globally

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Supersonic Business Jets (Cont.)

• Challenges
• Regulatory Barriers to SSBJ Development
• Supersonic flight not permitted over land
• No supersonic noise standard
• Opportunities
• Establish performance-based noise standard for
  supersonic airplanes
• Through ICAO, industry and authorities pursue
  efforts to identify acceptable perceived noise
  level
• Critical to support SSBJ development (target)
• Establish operational requirements for SSBJ
• ICAO SARP
• Replace regulatory prohibitions with performance
  and safety standards

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QUESTIONSandDISCUSSION
FUTURE VISION OF GA AIRPLANES

• Scenarios
• Integrated All-Glass Cockpit
• Very Light Jets
• Supersonic Business Jets