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Aiming to improve turbulence detection

During the Flight Safety Foundation’s annual international air safety seminar, held this year in Paris, Ae

By Thierry Dubois • Writer

December 7, 2006

Aiming to improve turbulence detection

During the Flight Safety Foundation’s annual international air safety seminar, held this year in Paris, AeroTech Research president Paul Robinson underscored the dangers of turbulence, noting that it is insidious because it kills few people but injures many. “There are two or three [incidents] a day involving turbulence in the U.S. They result in a number of minor injuries such as wrenched ankles, and sometimes more serious wounds,” he said.

Robinson believes these statistics support the need for improved turbulence detection, and his company, Newport News, Va.-based AeroTech Research, is working on a system that incorporates new ways to avoid such hazardous weather conditions. The system, dubbed E-Turb, includes airborne radar with enhanced turbulence mode and automated pilot reports.

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