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Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane Products and Technologies

Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane Products and Technologies. Walter Desrosier General Aviation Manufacturers Association. 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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Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane Products and Technologies

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  1. Future Vision of General Aviation Airplane Products and Technologies Walter Desrosier General Aviation Manufacturers Association

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

  3. 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

  4. 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 • Goodrich • Hamilton Sundstrand • 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

  5. 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

  6. WHAT IS GENERAL AVIATION? (Cont.)

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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…

  11. 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?

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. QUESTIONSandDISCUSSION FUTURE VISION OF GA AIRPLANES • Scenarios • Integrated “All-Glass” Cockpit • Very Light Jets • Supersonic Business Jets

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