[HN Gopher] Don Bateman, inventor of the GPWS, has died ___________________________________________________________________ Don Bateman, inventor of the GPWS, has died Author : cf100clunk Score : 78 points Date : 2023-05-28 15:16 UTC (7 hours ago) (HTM) web link (avherald.com) (TXT) w3m dump (avherald.com) | 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... | | 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... | | 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. :) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-05-28 23:00 UTC)