January 2000 Technical Seminar

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) San Francisco Section announces a seminar on Flight Planning by the team from Jeppesen to be held on January 26, 2000. The time for this presentation is 10 am to 12 noon. The venue of the seminar is Ballroom of Moffett Training and Conference Center, Building 3 (Coordinates A3 in NASA map which can be downloaded from http://www.arc.nasa.gov/about_ames/area_map.html), at NASA Ames Research Center. The main gate of NASA Ames is on Moffett Field and can be reached from 101 North and South, Central Express Way, and El Camino via Castro Street. Only US Citizens and Permanent Residents can come on Base.

If you plan to attend this seminar, please send an email to gchatterji@mail.arc.nasa.gov with your name, your residency status (citizen or permanent resident), affiliation (Ames or not). This will ensure that you will be reminded of the seminar and also arrangements will be made for you with the badging office for your visit if you do not work at Ames. Be sure to bring a photo identification to show at the badging office.

Flight Planning

By
Jeppesen Dataplan team

Jeppesen OnSight flight planning Flight planning process will be described from a dispatcher's point of view using the Jeppesen OnSight suite of tools. The OnSight suite of tools allows the flight planner to conduct sophisticated weather analysis, create optimal routes and monitor the progress of the flight. The wXstation module represents the industry's most sophisticated weather analysis software. This module continuously ingests and manages extensive multi-source data stream for multi-user operation. A full-screen, layered information display environment can be setup by users for up-to-date weather analysis. The JetPlan IV module provides planning tools for fuel and time savings; operational flexibility/adaptability; compliance with company, government and operational policies, and minimized fuel uplift and maximized payload. This module is continuously updated to reflect evolutionary changes in airspace traffic management, such as free flight, aircraft equipment, such as GPS, and general regulatory changes, such as increased ETOPS limits. The third module of OnSight suite is Flight TraX module. It is a powerful data management and display software program that receives and stores high-volume, real time aviation flight data. The Aircraft Situation Display (ASD) option of Flight TraX allows the user to tailor the situational plot to specific flight analysis and or aircraft dispatch requirements.

For additional information on the OnSight set of tools, visit http://www.jeppesen.com/prodserv/onsight or http://www.jeppesen.com/prodserv/fplan/index.phtml.

About Jeppesen

Jeppesen & Co. began operations in 1934 in the basement workshop of Captain E. B. Jeppesen in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he designed and produced the first instrument flying charts. In 1941, Jeppesen moved his company from Salt Lake City to Denver, Colorado, and over the next few years broadened the business, supplying flight information publications to the U.S. Navy and to pilots flying commercial aircraft transporting people, goods, and mail. In 1947, Jeppesen introduced the first Standard Instrument Approach Procedures. Jeppesen was also instrumental in helping to establish the FAA's National Flight Data Center, a central office where data on air traffic control, route structure, air space, and facilities are collected and disseminated.

Jeppesen entered the flight planning business in 1989 with the acquisition of DataPlan from the Lockheed Corporation. Flight planning services are available in a commercial format (JetPlan) and in a version tailored for military operations. Both provide the most fuel-efficient aircraft routings and flight levels available between various points on the globe and reflect a highly sophisticated flight optimization capability.

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