Free flight (air traffic control)
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Free flight is a developing air traffic control method that uses no centralized control (e.g. air traffic controllers). Instead, parts of airspace are reserved dynamically and automatically in a distributed way using computer communication to ensure the required separation between aircraft. This new system may be implemented into the U.S. air traffic control system in the next decade. Its potential impact on the operations of the national airspace system is disputed, however.
[edit] External links
- Scientific American article "Self-control in the skies"
- Wired: "Free Flight"
- Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) project at NASA
- CBSNews:"Flying Cars Ready To Take Off"
