Flight Test Program to Develop a New Terminal Instrument Procedures TERPS for GPS Approaches

Ralph Sexton, Gary McCartor, John Fagan, Hazem Hejjo, Travis Fox, and Bill Archer

Abstract:	This paper presents an overview of preliminary flight test results in a program to develop new standards aud criteria for GPS terminal instrument procedures. The results presented here are being obtained in an ongoing test program at the University of Oklahoma for the evaluation of non-precision approaches using a GPS navigation system in category A and B aircraft. The OU program is a coordinated partner program with the category C and D programs ongoing at the FM Technical Center in Atlantic City. This paper will present University of Oklahoma results of flight tests completed to date on the basic T, straight in, complex and long final non precision GPS approaches. The paper will present preliminary results of isoprobability contours based on the limited data that has been obtained to date. In addition the paper will present initial pilot reactions to the procedures using the GPS navigation systems.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995) September 12 - 15, 1995 Palm Springs, CA
Pages:	1575 - 1587
Cite this article:	Sexton, Ralph, McCartor, Gary, Fagan, John, Hejjo, Hazem, Fox, Travis, Archer, Bill, "Flight Test Program to Develop a New Terminal Instrument Procedures TERPS for GPS Approaches," Proceedings of the 8th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 1995), Palm Springs, CA, September 1995, pp. 1575-1587.
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