history of airborne collision avoidance systems (copy)

For purposes of navigation, the Earth is assumed to be a(n) ____.

perfect sphere

The purpose of the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) is to provide _______ to pilots using ______.

collision avoidance capabilities, airborne equipment

TCAS equipment is carried entirely on board the aircraft and does not depend on any ground-based systems.

True

ICAO uses the term ACAS (__________). However, TCAS is the term generally used in _____.

Airborne Collision Avoidance System, North America

The turning point in TCAS development came when airborne transponders with _____ and _____ transponders were invented, since this tech allowed for automatic communications.

altitude encoding, Mode S

TCAS relies on ______ communications between ______.

automatic, airborne transponders

TCAS equipment functions by:

• ________ transponders in the aircraft’s vicinity

• ____ replies

• Determining if any aircraft represents ______

• Providing ______ to the flight crew

Interrogating, receiving and analyzing, a potential collision hazard, advisory

______ commercial aircraft in Canada are required to have TCAS.

The majority of

The requirement for TCAS is based on ____, its _____, and the _____ it will fly in.

how the aircraft is used, weight category, class of airspace

There are currently no CARs requiring private operators to be equipped with TCAS

True

What does TCAS stand for?

Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System