1. 1........... ATN 2001 18-19 September 2001 American Airlines Data Link... Frank Cheshire / Andy Fry

2. 2 The Path to PETAL Certification & Operations Approval CDG Operations –Not your basic routine flights –Good support a key Non-revenue test profiles –Data collection –Response to problems Operational sector operations Results

3. 3 Certification & Ops Approval Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) –AAL was the applicant, issued 6/06/01 –Applies to the B-767-300 with Pegasus FMC and Rockwell Collins avionics package: CMU - 900 VHF - 920 VHF Digital Radio (VDR) APM Operations Approval –Issued mid-August –Triggered start of revenue flying

4. 4 Charles de Gaulle Operations Airframe Scheduling Routing & Coordination –Non-standard routing and short flights –Lots of coordination Kudos to lots of people/organizations –Internal to AA –Eurocontrol –CFMU and CDG ATC personnel

5. 5 Non-Revenue Test Profiles Objectives outlined by Eurocontrol –Specific profiles to establish system performance Avionics performance with “operational” ground network Ground network The Controller’s end –Troubleshooting Profiles modified or repeated to check “fixes” Aircraft variables Lots of data collected

6. 6 Flight Log 07:25:59 (AVLC) INFO (P=0) N(s)=4 N(r)=6 A/G=1 Source Addr: 0x5102b1a, Dest Addr: 0x1a4a445 Frame Data: b2 48 12 a2 14 02 6a 59 c8 1b ff 66 82 1e 01 00 '.H....jY...f....' 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee '......G.'.XAA...' ee 00 2b 02 00 ac 14 2b c2 00 '..+....+........' 07:25:59 (VDL) SQP.indication=0, Source Addr: 0x5102b1a ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 07:25:59 ARINC "584141EE002B" 1800 "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B0200AC142BC200"RIF ISH_IN 11/07/01 07:25:59 ARINC "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B0200AC142BC200" "584141EE002B"07:25:59 (AVLC) RR (F=0) N(r)=5 A/G=0 Source Addr: 0x1a4a445, Dest Addr: 0x5102b1a Frame Data: 16 02 6a 58 b2 48 12 a3 a1 '..jX.H..........' 07:26:44 (AVLC) INFO (P=0) N(s)=5 N(r)=6 A/G=1 Source Addr: 0x5102b1a, Dest Addr: 0x1a4a445 Frame Data: b2 48 12 a2 14 02 6a 59 ca 1b ff 68 82 1e 01 00 '.H....jY...h....' 04 07 08 00 00 14 47 00 27 01 58 41 41 00 ee ee '......G.'.XAA...' ee 00 2b 02 00 ac 14 2b c2 00 '..+....+........' ROUTER MOBILE_ISH_IN 11/07/01 07:26:44 ARINC "584141EE002B" 1800 "4700270158414100EEEEEE002B0200AC142BC200"07:26:44 (VDL) SQP.indication=0, Source Addr: 0x5102b1a

7. 7 Operational Sector Ops The Pay-off ! – Controller-Pilot data link communications

8. 8 Results The “good” news - VDLM2 works ! The “other” news - there is room forimprovement –Technical and operational suitability issues 21 Non-revenue test profiles flown Started data link with operational sectors on 17 August, it is continuing PETAL an excellent proving ground Next step - FAA Build I in Miami next year

9. 9 Upper E I C A S

10. 10 Logon Status Page

11. 11 M C D U Display

12. 12 Uplink Message

13. 13 A T C Log

14. 14 Brain Trust ?

15. 15 Questions ?

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