Technical Evaluation Report On The Flight Mechanics Panel Symposium On Flight In Adverse Environmental Conditions

In May 1989 the Flight Mechanics Panel of AGARD organised Symposium on Flight in Adverse Environmental Conditions (the Conference Proceedings of this Symposium are published as AGARD CP 470) Four aspects of adverse environmental conditions of interest to the flight mechanics specialists were addressed by this symposium: atmospheric disturbances, reduced visibility, icing and electromagnetic disturbances. All four of these can seriously affect flight safety, comfort and operational capability. This topic was and still is considered to be particularly relevant to the needs of military community which is putting increased emphasis on the ability of today's and tomorrow's aircraft to fly safely and effectively in the types of adverse conditions dealt with in this symposium.

This report evaluates the AGARD Flight Mechanics Panel Symposium on Stability and Control held from 25-28 September 1978 at Ottawa, Canada. The primary conclusions of the report are that the technology exists to permit application of CCV and active control concepts to operational aircraft; however, questions remain concerning the operational need and the cost effectiveness of many of the concepts that are technically feasible. The main factors impeding implementation of CCV and active control concepts are cost, reliability and maintainability.