[HN Gopher] Don Bateman, inventor of the GPWS, has died
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       Don Bateman, inventor of the GPWS, has died
        
       Author : cf100clunk
       Score  : 78 points
       Date   : 2023-05-28 15:16 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | djmips wrote:
       | Retired at 84 in 2016!
        
       | Wiki39366 wrote:
       | [flagged]
        
       | seabass-labrax wrote:
       | RIP; Don Bateman has performed the ultimate terrain escape
       | manoeuvre now.
        
       | ethbr0 wrote:
       | Some direct link context on ground proximity warning system
       | (GPWS)
       | 
       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_sys...
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       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrain_awareness_and_warnin...
       | 
       | Or, to provide an excerpt:
       | 
       | >> _" Prior to the development of GPWS, large passenger aircraft
       | were involved in 3.5 fatal [controlled flight into terrain]
       | accidents per year, falling to 2 per year in the mid-1970s. A
       | 2006 report stated that from 1974, when the U.S. FAA made it a
       | requirement for large aircraft to carry such equipment, until the
       | time of the report, there had not been a single passenger
       | fatality in a [controlled flight into terrain] crash by a large
       | jet in U.S. airspace."_
       | 
       | Preventing 2 aircraft accidents per year is a very impressive
       | legacy.
       | 
       | >> Note: _" After 1974, there were still some CFIT accidents that
       | GPWS was unable to help prevent, due to the "blind spot" of those
       | early GPWS systems. More advanced systems were developed."_ (i.e.
       | flying into a vertical feature that a down-looking radar
       | altimeter can't see)
        
         | techwizrd wrote:
         | TAWS and GPWS have made a tremendous impact on aviation safety.
         | Beyond providing information to the pilots, I've found GPWS
         | alerting rates very useful in identifying potential safety
         | issues. While I know not everyone is a fan of our strict rules
         | regarding inclusion of TAWS, TCAS, GPWS, ADS-B, etc., bringing
         | together all that safety data [0] has really helped us run
         | effective Safety Management Systems [1].
         | 
         | 0: https://portal.asias.aero/
         | 
         | 1: https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/sms
        
       | danielschonfeld wrote:
       | Ground Proximity Warning System
       | 
       | ...for those who aren't into aviation
        
       | cf100clunk wrote:
       | Obituary at the Seattle Times:
       | 
       | https://www.seattletimes.com/business/don-bateman-saved-more...
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       | Previous HN discussion of his GPWS system:
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12261578
       | 
       | Wikipedia article on Ground Proximity Warning System:
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_syste...
        
         | [deleted]
        
         | toomuchtodo wrote:
         | C. Donald Bateman:
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Donald_Bateman
        
       | cyberax wrote:
       | Pull up! Pull up!
        
         | moffkalast wrote:
         | T E R R A I N
        
         | FL410 wrote:
         | And if you're really into it...
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FwwBYzU2gE&
        
           | kayodelycaon wrote:
           | https://youtu.be/4qsFI9l0bJk I'll do one better, here's a
           | video explaining the system and shows how to escape dangerous
           | terrain in a flight simulator. :)
        
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