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Source Notes Chapter 6:
Improving Aircraft Systems

  1. "Terminal Configured Vehicle Program Plan," Langley Research Center, 1 December 1973, 1-3; "Advanced Transport Operating Systems Program Review," Langley Research Center, 20 October 1982 (presentation viewgraphs, from Flight Systems Directorate office files).
  2. David C.E. Holmes and Wes C. Easley, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 9 April 1993; more detailed information on DATAC operation can be found in: David C.E. Holmes, "Global System Data Bus Using the Digital Autonomous Terminal Access Communication Protocol," (paper, presented at the IEEE/AIAA 7th Digital Avionics Systems Conference and Technical Display, Fort Worth, Texas, 13-16 October 1986; Also in: W.C. Easley and J.S. Tanguy, "Interface of the Transport Systems Research Vehicle Monochrome Display System to the Digital Autonomous Terminal Access Communication Data Bus," NASA TM 87728, May 1986.
  3. Holmes and Easley, interview, 9 April 1993; William E. Howell, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 6 April 1993.
  4. Holmes and Easley, interview, 9 April 1993.
  5. Howell, interview, 6 April 1993; Boeing demonstration conducted 16 September 1985(from B-737 flight records in ATOPS program office files); Simone Pottenger, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, phone interview with author, 22 July 1993.
  6. Holmes and Easley, interview, 9 April 1993; Daniel Martinec, Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee, Aeronautical Radio, Inc., phone interview with author, 22 July 1993.
  7. Artie D. Jessup and Cary R. Spitzer, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 7 May 1993.
  8. James R. Kelly, Lee H. Person, and Kevin R. Bruce, "Flight Testing TECS -- The Total Energy Control System," SAE TP-861803 (presented at the Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition, Long Beach, California, 13-16 October 1986; James R. Kelly, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 5 May 1993; Anthony A. Lambregts, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, interview with author, Seattle, Washington, 26 April 1993; Delmar Fadden, chief engineer, avionics/flight systems, Renton Division, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, interview with author, Seattle, Washington, 27 April 1993; Lee H. Person, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 14 May 1993; TSRV B-737 flight logs, from ATOPS office files.
  9. Terence S. Abbott, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 14 May 1993; Terence S. Abbott, "Task-Oriented Display Design: Concept and Example," SAE Technical Paper 892230, (presented at Aerospace Technology Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, California, 25-28 September 1989.
  10. D.L. Mahaffey, Richard L. Horst, and Robert C. Munson, "Behavioral Comparison of the Efficacy of Bar Graphs and Polar Graphics for Displays of System Status," Proceedings of the 1986 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Catalog No. 86CH2364-8, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., 1986, 1514-1519; Robert C. Munson and Richard L. Horst, "Evidence for Global Processing of Complex Visual Displays," Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 30th Annual Meeting, Vol. 2, Human Factors Society, Inc., 1986, 776-780.
  11. Terence S. Abbott, "A Simulation Evaluation of the Engine Monitoring and Control System Display," NASA TP-2960, February 1990; Abbott, interview, 14 May 1993.
  12. Robert H. Kinder, General Manager, Engineering Technology and Advanced Aircraft Programs, McDonnell Douglas Corporation letter to Dr. J.F. Creedon, NASA Langley Research Center, 15 August 1991.
  13. Abbott, interview with author, 14 May 1993; Robert Brooks, ARNAV Systems, Inc., phone interview with author, 22 July 1993.
  14. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, 2nd ed., Foundations of the Unity of Science Series: Vol. 2, No. 2, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970); Joel Arthur Barker, Future Edge: Discovering the New Paradigms of Success, (New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1992), 55-92.
  15. David B. Middleton, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 14 May 1993; David B. Middleton, Raghavachari Srivatsan, Lee H. Person, "Simulator Evaluation of Displays for a Takeoff Performance Monitoring System," NASA TP-2908, May 1989; James T. McKenna, "NASA Develops System to Monitor Aircraft Performance on Takeoff," Aviation Week & Space Technology, 13 November 1989, 43-50.
  16. David B. Middleton, Raghavachari Srivatsan, Lee H. Person, "Simulator Evaluation of Displays for a Revised Takeoff Performance Monitoring System," NASA TP-3270, December 1992, 1.
  17. Middleton, interview, 14 May 1993; NASA 515 Vehicle flight records, ATOPS program office files.
  18. Middleton, interview, 14 May 1993; Richard A. Peal, director of systems engineering, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, interview with author, Seattle, Washington, 28 April 1993.
  19. Middleton, interview, 14 May 1993.
  20. Fadden, interview, 27 April 1993.
  21. Dr. Jeremiah F. Creedon, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 5 April 1993.
  22. Stephanie, Public Affairs, Everett Division, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company, phone interview with author, 20 July 1993.
  23. Kinder to Creedon, letter, 15 August 1991.

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