An Operational Flight Test Evaluation of a Loran-C Navigator

Download or read book An Operational Flight Test Evaluation of a Loran-C Navigator written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report presents the results of an operational test and evaluation of a Loran-C navigation system. The tests were performed in a Coast Guard HH-52A helicopter from 21 September to 19 October 1976. The flight test profiles, procedures and test objectives were developed to determine the applicability of the prototype Loran-C navigator to Coast Guard operations as well as to assess the functional and accuracy performance of the Loran-C navigator operating as an area navigation system in the National Airspace System. The operational testing reported in this document includes search and rescue missions as well as surveillance and enforcement missions. The former consisted of evaluating the Loran-C navigator during creeping line, sector, and expanding square search patterns. The latter involved performing low altitude hovers over fixed and movable objects and documenting Loran-C accuracy and repeatability. This latter data is also directly applicable to the operations of the off-shore oil industry.