1\. Tech Center participates in 2006 Atlantic City Air Show

By Mike Greco and Janet Kinsell

On August 23, the Technical Center participated in the 2006 Atlantic
City Air Show.

With an estimated attendance of more than 600,000 fans, the show opened
with a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner sung by 13 year-old
Galloway resident, **Morgan Kirner**. The beach crowd rose to their feet
and boardwalk strollers stopped on a dime as Morgan's impressive voice
serenaded U.S. Army **Corporal Josh Coleman**, who parachuted in with
the American Flag flowing from his back. "How could anyone NOT be proud
to be an American," exclaimed **Marcus Forner** from Philadelphia. After
a thunderous applause, radio personality **Pinky Kravitz** announced
additional U.S. Army sky jumpers and the first of several flyby
aircraft, a USAF KC-135 and F-16 provided by our own Air National Guard
177th Fighter Wing.

The Tech Center's Flight Program operated two aircraft at the airshow -
the Boeing 727 and Bombardier Global 5000 large business jet**. John
Wiley**, Managing Director of the Integrated Engineering Services Group,
proudly took the microphone stating, "The Technical Center features a
fleet of 7 test aircraft. These "flying laboratories" support the FAA's
research and development flight program. Today you are viewing the
Boeing 727, which will soon be retired after over 35 years of service
AND its replacement, the advanced Global 5000 large business jet, the
"star" of the Center's fleet. The pilots flying the Boeing 727 are
**John Geyser, Dan Dellmyer**, and flight engineer **John Tatham**.
**Lorry Faber** and **Mark Ehrhart** are flying the Global 5000."

The Tech Center also had an information booth at the air show.
Volunteers distributed extensive material about the Tech Center to
viewers, who showed a lot of interest in the work of the FAA.

Blue Angels visit the Tech Center

Prior to the event, the Tech Center provided critical support to the
world famous U.S. Navy Blue Angels precision flying team in the FAA
aircraft hangar and in the ramp area. Center personnel from operations
and the flight program provided ramp parking, ground control traffic, a
pilot briefing room, communications and operational support for the Blue
Angel team, as well as several other aircraft participating in the show.

The Blue Angels team involved consisted of 65 airmen, seven F-18 Hornet
fighters and "Fat Albert," a C-130 support and demonstration airplane.
Center employees found the Blue Angels to be professional, courteous,
and genuinely appreciative of the support provided. This effort remains
a great example of cooperation and professionalism amongst government
agencies while supporting an aviation promotional event for the public.

The Blue Angels showed appreciation to Center employees and contractors
by handing out numerous posters, stickers and brochures to the many
people who made their way over to wave to the team as they departed the
FAA ramp. Several media flights also launched from our ramp, including
TV's **Anne Marie Green** (Channel 3) and **Matt O\'Donnell** (Channel
6), plus actor **James Franco,** who stars in the upcoming aviation
movie \"Flyboy's." Each took flights in the Blue Angels #7 aircraft; a
2-person plane with built in audio and video equipment that provides 3
different views and an instant DVD of the flight to each passenger upon
completion of their flight.

Congratulations to all who were involved in producing and supporting
this wonderful event.

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2\. Fire Safety Aboard Aircraft

By Barbara Harris-Para

Editor's Note: A little background on the Tech Center's fire safety
group: There are 24 people that do extensive testing, research and
development in six devoted facilities and three fully operational
aircraft (Boeing 747, 737 and 727). The group is the premier laboratory
in the world for aircraft fire safety issues. They can respond quickly
to practically any aircraft fire safety concern because of their
expertise and in-house testing capabilities. As a unique example, Gus
Sarkos spoke of a past situation that required immediate attention
during the buildup of armaments and supplies during Desert Shield.
Stripped of their seats, civilian airliners were being loaded with
weapons and supplies atop plywood sheathing and flown to the Middle
East. The Associate Administrator for Regulation and Certification
contacted Gus for help after concerns were raised regarding the
flammability of the plywood. On the same day as the request, when the
staff went out for lunch they purchased treated and non-treated plywood
sheets. A series of tests were conducted in the afternoon that
demonstrated clearly that the use of treated plywood would provide the
necessary safety protection. The results were communicated to AVR-1 who
passed on the information to the appropriate authorities, allowing the
buildup to continue unimpeded with the knowledge that the fire safety
risks were minimal. In addition to a quick note to the Administrator
complementing the responsiveness of the fire safety crew, those involved
were given a special award for their "outstanding contribution to the
FAA mission in support of Operation Desert Shield/Storm".

Have you ever taken notice of how many rows there are between you and
the emergency exits on an aircraft, or listened carefully to the flight
attendants' safety briefing? After speaking with Gus Sarkos, Manager of
the William J. Hughes Technical Center's Fire Safety Branch, and
Engineer Steve Summer, I will be listening to them, as well as spreading
the word about onboard aircraft fire safety.

Steve Summer has recently completed research here at the Center on the
fire safety implications of pre-packaged self--heating meals (MREs)
designed for military use. They have been marketed right here in NJ,
saying they are safe for use in camping, homes, on the road and possibly
in aircraft, but Steve sees a different scenario through tests performed
in his laboratory.

Steve's research began with the basic contents of the packaged meal. The
food was fine, but what was the means to accelerate the heating process?
Well, it was a combination of saltwater and a magnesium-iron mixture.
The chemical reaction between the two generated heat that reached
temperatures of up to 215 degrees Fahrenheit, as well as hydrogen gas as
an unwelcome by-product. We all remember the Hindenburg, the
hydrogen-filled German lighter-than-air ship that came to its demise in
Lakehurst, NJ during a very charged atmosphere of thunderstorms with
lightning. The known flammability hazards of hydrogen, punctuated by the
Hindenburg tragedy, made Steve take notice.

First, he began with one meal and a continuous ignition source. Then he
added a few more meals in their test tank. When they ignited there was
at least 8 times the amount of hydrogen at that point then when he
began.

Steve said that one of the factors he considered is that water
accelerates the process. That rules out water for fighting a fire that
involves these meals, and if the magnesium starts burning there may be
very little that can be done to douse the flames. He pointed out that a
major fire occurred on a pallet loaded with MREs, fortunately, before
being loaded aboard a navy ship. It is suspected that the elevated
hydrogen levels within the packages contributed to the fire intensity.

I asked both Steve and Gus how they determine what they are going to
test. Their work is entirely driven by their customer, the Associate
Administrator for Aviation Safety, whose organization is basically
responsible for aircraft certification and operational safety. An
involved prioritization process identifies those customer requirements
that will be addressed within the available budget constraints, not just
for fire safety, but also for the entire Aircraft Safety R&D program.
Some of the R&D activities are cooperative ventures with aircraft
manufacturers such as Boeing or Airbus, foreign airworthiness
authorities, NASA, other government agencies, etc. Over the past 28
years, the Fire Safety Branch has also supported the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation of large transport
aircraft fires, which is coordinated by the FAA's Office of Accident
Investigation.

Gus mentioned that much of the premier testing information they produce
can be found on their website, at
[www.fire.tc.faa.gov](http://www.fire.tc.faa.gov/). The website contains
the proceedings of two international working groups, chaired and
administered by the Fire Safety Branch, each of which meet three times a
year, to provide a forum for cooperation and coordination on fire safety
R&D. Planning is also underway on a major triennial international
conference on cabin safety, which usually draws 400-500 attendees, which
will be held in Atlantic City in the fall of 2007.

Gus feels that the Tech Center has the world's leading experts on
aircraft fire safety. In addition, a well-known professor from the
University of Maryland will be doing his sabbatical leave here early
next year. He will collaborate with the fire safety folks to study the
flammability of epoxy/graphite composites, of the type that will be used
for the fuselage and wing structure in the new Boeing 787 aircraft. He
will be working side-by-side with folks like Steve, Dick Hill, and Dr.
Rich Lyon, just to name a few.

Another important study that was recently completed here at the Tech
Center was examining methodologies to protect aircraft from accidental
fuel tank explosions using inert gases. Steve was responsible for
studying the flammability of fuel tanks and, in particular, determining
the concentration of oxygen that would prevent an explosion. Gus
mentioned that because Steve's work had such a critical effect on the
design of the inerting system developed here, a well-known professor
from Cal Tech was tasked by Boeing with validating his findings. In the
end, his work withstood the scrutiny of the professor. Boeing built
their own inerting system essentially using the FAA design, and the
first system was installed in a Boeing airplane last year.

Gus elaborated on future activities to improve aircraft fire safety. The
Fire Safety Branch will continue to work on hidden in-flight fires by
developing tougher flammability standards for all materials in hidden
areas and by improving firefighting tactics. Work will also continue on
structural composite flammability issues. Fire protection against
shipment of hazardous materials is a growing concern. They have done
work on lithium batteries, which were in the news recently with a
nation-wide recall of lap tap batteries. The UPS fire in Philadelphia a
few months ago had implications as to the severity of that problem.
Next-generation batteries may be fuel cells posing another series of
problems in air travel. Halon is the agent used today for fire
suppression. It is not being manufactured any longer due to
environmental issues, so they are testing replacement agents to make
sure they are effective. Work will also continue on long range research
on ultra-fire resistant materials. So, the folks who work in the Fire
Safety Branch have their hands full with new and better approaches to
both old and new problems facing aviation.

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3\. ATCA/FAA/NASA Technical Symposium Held in Atlantic City

# By Barbara Harris-Para

The recent annual Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) meeting in
Atlantic City began with a golf outing at the Marriott Seaview Hotel and
Resort. The golf enthusiasts managed to stay relatively dry despite the
inclement weather. Registration ran smoothly due to the excellent work
of the volunteers from both ATCA and the William J. Hughes Technical
Center. **U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo** was present for the welcoming
reception held on Monday evening. The following morning**, Wilson
Felder**, Director of the Technical Center, gave the keynote remarks
during the first of seven sessions discussing the Next Generation Air
Traffic System (NGATS). Some of the panelists that participated in this
discussion were **Bob Pearce**, Acting Director, Joint Planning and
Development Office (JPDO), FAA Air Traffic Organization (ATO); **Neil
Planzer**, Vice President for Strategy, Advanced Air Traffic Management
(ATM); Boeing Company; and **Jaiwon Shin**, Deputy Associate
Administrator, Office of Aeronautics, NASA.

Many Tech Center employees were able to participate in the exhibits free
of charge on Tuesday and Wednesday. Among the exhibitors were the FAA
Tech Center's Technology Transfer program, the FAA Academy, the FAA
Logistics Center, APPTIS, BARCO, Boeing, Hi-Tec Systems, L-3
Communications, NASA Airspace Systems, NICE Systems Inc., Panacea
Consulting, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Verizon Federal and others.

Session two dealt with "Defining NGATS" with **Jim Williams**, Director
of Systems Engineering, FAA Air Traffic Organization, as the moderator.
**Ed Waggoner**, Director, Enterprise Architecture, JPDO was the framer.
**Ken Arkind**, Engineering Fellow and NGATS Architect, Raytheon,
**Frank Frisbie**, APPTIS, and **Robert Jacobsen**, Director, Airspace
Systems, Crown Consulting, Inc. were the panelists for this discussion.

Expanding on the NGATS topic was session three on "NGATS Operational
Improvements Roadmap." It featured **Michael Harrison**, Aviation
Management Association and the editor of *The Journal of Air Traffic
Control*, Air Traffic Control Association. The framer for this session
was **John Scardina**, Director of Portfolio Management, FAA JPDO.
Panelists were: **Harry Swenson**, Principal Investigator for NASA's
Next Generation Air Transportation System ATM Airspace Project,
**Michael Wambsganss**, Chief Executive Officer, Metron Aviation, and
**Jim Williams**.

On Tuesday, two buses brought the ATCA participants to the Tech Center
for seven tracks of technical breakout sessions where technical papers
were presented. Participants noted that different technologies that are
being developed through partnerships between Government, industry and
academia were well received.

Session four dealt with "Network-Enabled Operations" with Gene Hayman,
Manager for Advanced Systems, Advanced Air Traffic Management, Boeing as
moderator. The panelists were Fred Gill, Vice President for
Transportations Solutions, Computer Science Corporation; John
Kefaliotis, Director, Business Development, FAA and Air Traffic Control
Programs, International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) Defense, and; Sid
Rudolph, Director, Aviation Solutions Architecture Lockheed Martin. The
framers were Mark Andrews, Weather Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead,
JPDO and Col. David Rhodes, Shared Situational Awareness IPT Lead, JPDO.

Session five dealt with "Required Total System Performance and the
Safety Management System." **John Cavolowsky**, Deputy Program Manager
for Technical Integrations, Airspace Systems Program, NASA Ames Research
Center, was the moderator. Framers were **Kathy Abbott**, Agile
Integrated Product Team, JPDO and **Jay Pardee**, Safety IPT Lead, JPDO.

**Dr. Lisa Porter**, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA was
the featured speaker at the luncheon held on Wednesday.

"Cooperative Surveillance and Dynamic Airspace" was the first session
after lunch, and featured **Gary Church**, President, Aviation
Management Associates as moderator. Framers for this session six were
**Doug Arbuckle**, Agile Air Traffic Management IPT, Lead JPDO, and
**Col. Allen "Al" Wickman**, Deputy Director for Airspace, Ranges and
Airfield Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. Panelists were
**Michael Ball**, Senior Customer Account Representative, Northrop
Grumman; **Nancy Kalinowski**, Director Systems Operations Airspace, FAA
ATO; **Randy Kenagy** Director of Advanced Technology, AOPA; and **Alex
Smith**, Chief Executive Officer, Rannoch Corporation.

The last session was a wrap-up discussing "Transformation -- Let's Go"
with **Neil Planzer**, Vice President Strategy, Advanced Air Traffic
Management, Boeing Company. Panelists were **Peter Challan**, Vice
President Civil Programs, Harris Corporation; **Gerald Thompson**,
Chairman, Jerry Thompson and Associates; **Marc Viggiano**, President
Air Traffic Systems, Sensis Corporation; and **Don Zarefoss**, Director
Of Aviation Strategy, Lockheed Martin.

The three-day symposium was very informative and provocative. It opened
one's mind to the need to think about being more aggressive in the
future design of our airspace, and to think about what the needs of
aviation will be and how we will cope with all the necessary changes. It
was clear that it takes more than one organization to get the entire job
completed; this must be a collaborative effort. As we found out during
the attacks on September 11, 2001, we were not prepared to share
information with all the components that use our airspace over the
United States, i.e. Military, Homeland Security, commercial and general
aviation, FAA, JPDO and Air Traffic Controllers.

The members of the Core Planning Team were **Rick Page, Carleen Genna,
Nelson Miller, Richard Coughlin, Bernice Benitez, Patty Naegele, Lana
Haug,** and **Barbara Harris-Para**. Along with the Core Team, the hosts
were very important to the overall success of the Technical Center
tours. The hosts were **Stephanie Bell, Jose Benitez, Amanda Petitt, Jan
Edwards, Melissa White, Jose Perez, Bessie Johnson, Pat McKernan,
Patrick Eigbe, Russ Smith, Bernice Merly, Linda Olivo, Dana Picorale,
Geraldine Desseaux, and Barbara Harris-Para**. Subject matter experts
also were employed during the conference, and they were **Don Marple,
Andy Colon, Nelson Miller** and **Rodney Guishard.** ATCA on-site
supporters were **Chinita Roundtree-Coleman** and **Jan Edwards** at the
Atlantic City Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center.

A multitude of presenters from the FAA, Tech Center, JPDO / Mitre, and
NASA made the conference successful, including **Robert Fietkiewicz,
Mike Petri, Anthony Stevens, Clifton Baldwin, Dr. Robert Esposito,
Jennifer Morris, Victor Wullschleger, Bill Wanner, William Benner, John
Frederick, Mike Paglione, Paul Jones, Michelle Hovan, Ed Johnson, Mark
Ballin, Dr. Bryan Barmore, Dr. Heinz Erzberger and Dr. Banavan Scidhar,
Richard Coppenberger, Thomas Graff** and **Joe Sherry.**

**Carleen Genna**, Lead, ATCA Technical Symposium, and **Rick Page**,
Technical Team Lead for Technical Discussions, ATCA Technical Symposium,
expressed appreciation for all the team members who were able to pull
together and enhance the image of the Technical Center in the eyes of
the aviation community. A special "thanks" also goes to **ART-Z
Graphics, Ginger Cairnes, Carol Hewitt, Annette Harrell, Carl Genna,
Teresa Lucchesi, Christine Brenner** and **Robert Williams** for being a
terrific support team!

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4\. Available Technologies: Inventions Made by Contractors and Grantees

By Deborah Germak

Government agencies have long been encouraged to promote the
commercialization of patentable results of federally funded research.
Inventions that are conceived or first actually reduced to practice in
the performance of the work under a Government agreement (contract,
grant, or cooperative agreement) are known as "subject inventions".

Under the patent provisions of Government funding agreements, recipients
must disclose each subject invention that they make to the Federal
agency and may elect to retain title to any patentable subject matter.
If the recipient retains title, the Government is granted a broad
license to use the invention for Government purposes throughout the
world. The recipient who retains title to the invention may exploit that
invention in the commercial market in any number of ways.

The FAA has identified approximately 60 active patents resulting from
FAA funded agreements. These patented technologies are available for use
by the Government, and its contractors, on a cost-free basis when used
for Government purposes. To peruse these technologies, please see the
following website:

<http://www.tc.faa.gov/technologytransfer/ttpatentsthru_grant.html>

FAA researchers are invited and encouraged to view these available
technologies when contemplating new research prospects to determine if a
technology is already available. The patent titles are hyperlinked to
the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office where you will be able to see the
complete patent abstract.

([Note]{.underline}: The contract and grant numbers are provided when
available. Some of these technologies were developed through funding by
the FAA's Aviation Security Research and Development Division when it
was part of this agency.)

This website will be modified with any new updates. If you have any
questions or comments about this issue, please contact **Deborah
Germak**, the agency's Technology Transfer Program Manager, at (609)
485-9862 or <deborah.germak@faa.gov>.

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5\. Aviation Enrichment Mini-Symposium 2006

By Ginger Cairnes

In the early morning hours of August 10, a sudden change of alerts from
"code yellow" to "code orange" caused security to tighten and created a
back up at the Tech Center's main gate. Children accompanying parents to
this long-awaited day grew anxious as to whether or not the annual
Aviation Enrichment Mini-Symposium (AEMS) would take place. Thanks to an
extremely efficient guard staff, the day's activities were delayed for
only about half an hour.

Mother Nature came through with "flying colors" in the weather
department, enabling attendees at the AEMS not only to enjoy events in
the atrium and various facilities, but also to enjoy the activities that
were held outside. Months of preparation were invested in order to
provide Center employees and their families an educational day about our
many projects, facilities, programs and research and development. Center
Director, **Dr. Wilson Felder**, welcomed the crowd in the atrium and
explained the events for the day.

The number of technical tables increased from previous years. Hands-on
activities enhanced that which was being demonstrated. Displays
included: Biometrics, Alternative Fuels Vehicles (transportation and
equipment used to cut costs and protect the environment), Airport and
Aircraft Safety research, Security, Fingerprinting, the Wright Brothers
and Air Traffic Control simulators, Weather, a Hot Air Balloon Basket,
static radio-controlled aircraft and simulator programs, an
electric-controlled aerobatic display (during lunch) and the FAA's High
Performance Research Vehicle with its 55-½ foot penetrating boom.

Tours included: the Target Generator Facility (TGF); an Air Traffic
Control Labs package (ETMS and STARS); research and development (FASTER
and the Wind Tunnel); a visit to the Air National Guard's 177^th^
Fighter Wing F-16s; the Tower/TRACON modeling & simulation building; the
ADS-B lab; the Federal Air Marshal shooting ranges; the Fire House; the
Ground Test Vehicle; the National Airport Pavement Test Machine; the
Free Flight Technology Lab; the U.S. Coast Guard Air-Ground Unit; and
the Egg Harbor Township K-9 unit.

Intensity was evidenced on the faces of the children who participated in
workshops where they created: 3-D Hot Air Balloon posters, Fuji Rockets,
wind socks, Planet Saturn Mobiles, posters of the planets that were
displayed according to their distance from the sun; and paper aircraft
that they were able to fly in competition.

Older children created flight plans and learned aviation and aerospace
trivia. They also learned weather concepts used in aviation and built
mini-wind socs. A computer graphics workshop helped teens learn how to
create websites using graphics and also included a discussion on
computer security "dos and don'ts".

During lunch, homemade ice cream that was served from a special
"chemical wagon" with a steaming, frosty silver bowl proved to be a big
attraction. Children also learned about aerodynamics while playing
parachute games and creating giant bubbles outdoors.

The outstanding success of this event can be credited to all who
assisted with the tours, workshops and displays as well as to the Tech
Center's Management Team, the 2006 AEMS Planning Committee, the NAFEC
Association, people who work on the Tech Center's security, maintenance,
bus driver and technical staffs, and anyone else who provided support
for this event. **Ginger Cairnes**, Aviation Enrichment Mini-Symposium
Chairperson, would like to thank all who contributed in any way to this
daylong event.

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6\. Helping Ensure Safe, Reliable Fuel for the General Aviation Fleet

By Stan Ciurczak

Editor's Note: William C. (Bill) Cavage was interviewed for this story,
and Dave Atwood was kind enough to review the first draft and make
comments. This writer wishes to thank Bill and Dave for all their time
and effort. I also would like to acknowledge some of the employees who
were responsible for the design of the "R&D" facilities at NAFEC: James
DeMaree, Wayne Howell, Eugene Klueg, Charles Middlesworth, William
Neese, Eldon Nicholas and John Sommers.

Located in a separate section of the Technical Center are ten buildings
that commonly are referred to as the "R&D" or research and development
area. Built in the early 1960s, these buildings were needed to continue
the aircraft safety work that was being done at the Civil Aeronautics
Administration's Technical Development Center (TDC) in Indianapolis when
that work was transferred to the FAA National Aviation Facilities
Experimental Center (NAFEC) in 1958. NAFEC was renamed the FAA Technical
Center in 1980. This article is about some interesting work that is
underway today in the FAA's unleaded fuels program in the R&D area.

Let me begin by quickly reviewing a little history. The 1990 Clean Air
Act Amendments banned the sale of leaded fuels, but provided an
exemption for aviation, marine, racing, and farm use. Low-lead aircraft
fuels are not banned. Unleaded Fuels Research program activities are
conducted in direct support of the FAA's intent to comply with the 1990
Clean Air Act Amendments. The Tech Center's Fuels Research Laboratory
was constructed and its Small Engine Test Facility was expanded in the
late 1990s in response to changes mandated by Congress and the
Environmental Protection Agency.

The work done at the Tech Center has been conducted for more than 15
years in cooperation with a group called the Coordinating Research
Council (CRC) Committee. The CRC addresses issues such as engine
detonation, engine performance, durability (engine and component life),
material compatibility volatility (vapor lock), storage stability, water
reaction, emissions and changes in fuel consumption.

The CRC established an Aviation Gasoline Committee, and two
subcommittees, to share research on replacing the current low-lead fuel
with an unleaded alternative. The subcommittees are the High Octane
Rating Aviation Gas (AvGas) and the Unleaded Avgas Development
Subcommittees. The thrust of these groups is to provide and share
research on unleaded fuels toward the replacement of the current leaded
aviation gasoline (100 LL). The Tech Center's **Dave Atwood** is vice
chairman of the Aviation Gasoline Committee.

As part of the high octane rating group, many years ago the Airport and
Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division at the Tech Center
octane rated four \"Worst Case\" piston spark-ignition aircraft engines
to determine what unleaded motor octane these engines actually required.
This data provided a starting point for petroleum and other companies to
determine what motor octane any new unleaded fuel would need in order to
satisfy the majority of the fleet. The Tech Center also tested low, mid
and high octane unleaded and leaded fuels of equivalent octane to
determine if the lead component has an effect beyond what the single
cylinder engine motor octane test can determine. It turned out that it
does.

These results were used to develop a matrix of unleaded fuel components
and a MON statistical model. Thirty unleaded blends were formulated and
then detonation tested in one of the worst-case engines and a report was
published. The results were used to develop a model to predict actual
engine knock performance based on fuel composition.

A new series of fuels is currently being formulated and 45 new unleaded
blends will be tested at the Tech Center.

The Tech Center has tested several proprietary unleaded fuel blends in
both engine knock and engine endurance tests. The tests were conducted
to study areas such as detonation, performance, vapor lock, wear, oil
dilution, deposit formation, startability, hot fuel, materials
compatibility and enrichment.

FAA researchers in the Unleaded Aviation Gasoline Program have actively
participated in an industry wide effort to develop an unleaded aviation
gasoline for spark ignition piston aircraft engines for more than a
decade. This effort is facilitated by the CRC High Octane Aviation Gas
Subcommittee, which identified the motor octane requirements of the then
current engine fleet as the initial fuel development target. The
subcommittee is comprised of aircraft user groups, engine manufacturers,
petroleum producers, specialty chemical companies, and a number of
laboratories, universities and regulatory agencies.

Tech Center testing has had several key benefits. For example, we
provided feedback to the engine and propeller directorate concerning the
development of an American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
International specification protocol. The feedback guides applicants in
understanding what they would have to do to obtain or develop a fuel
specification in either ASTM or another specification body. While the
FAA neither regulates nor develops specifications for fuels, it would be
very difficult to certify an engine for operation on a fuel that does
not have an existing specification.

The Small Engine Test Facility does not develop fuels; it provides
independent research that is essential in the safe development of an
unleaded, high-octane fuel. Basically, there are three separate areas of
investigation in the FAA's unleaded fuels program. They all revolve
around facilitating the transparent and safe replacement of the current
leaded fuel being used by piston, spark ignition aviation gasoline
engines. The difficulty arises in that the cost of any new unleaded
replacement is expected to be pretty high relative to the motor octane
required.

Octane is the single most important characteristic of any new fuel
formulation. Engine and fuel tests have been conducted to validate the
octane requirement that is acceptable within the GA fleet. The Tech
Center's labs developed test procedures and performed tests on several
representative GA aircraft engines. This includes in-flight performance
verification tests using a modified FAA Aero Commander 680E airplane.

Using an experimental unleaded fuel and standard reference fuels,
initial octane rating fuel tests were conducted on four engines and
derivative models of the same engines. The tests were conducted to
determine minimum octane requirements for candidate unleaded fuel
formulations for oil companies participating in the CRC committee. The
Tech Center then evaluated these fuels through a series of performance
and safety-related engine piston tests.

In the late 1990s, the Tech Center continued working on development of
an unleaded aviation gasoline for use in the existing fleet of GA
aircraft with piston engines. Center employees validated ground-based
procedures for determining octane requirements for unleaded aviation
fuel, and initiated in-flight and ground evaluations of high-octane,
unleaded aviation gasoline formulas provided by industry.

Replacing the current leaded fuel requires testing in many different
areas, including performance issues, fuel specifications and material
compatibility. The Tech Center, an independent engine test facility with
extensive experience in testing piston aircraft engines, was tasked to
determine the octane ratings of four engines known to be the most
sensitive to octane ratings, because a fuel that met the octane
requirement of these engines would satisfy the octane requirement of the
overwhelming majority of the piston engine fleet.

With the support of the CRC aviation gasoline subcommittees, the Tech
Center's small engine test facility has had several important
accomplishments. Dave Atwood wrote and published two ASTM standard
practices:

1)  ASTM D 6424, Standard Practice for Octane Rating Naturally Aspirated
    Spark Ignition Aircraft Engines, and

2)  ASTM D 6812 Standard Practice for Ground-Based Octane Rating
    Procedures for Turbocharged / Supercharged Spark Ignition Aircraft
    Engines. Included in these standard practices is the referee
    numerical and sensing method that Atwood developed for the
    quantification of engine cycle detonation intensity levels.

The CRC decided that a universal engine octane rating should be
developed, including knock detection and analyses methods. The Tech
Center was asked to develop a test procedure for the octane rating of
naturally aspirated aircraft engines in order to determine the minimum
motor octane so that knocking does not occur. FAA employees at the Tech
Center developed test parameters designed to simulate the most severe
engine conditions that would be experienced in flight. They then
developed a numerical analysis technique to quantify the combustion
instability of an individual cylinder pressure cycle, after reviewing
tens of thousands of cylinder pressure waveforms that were generated at
the Tech Center.

Future testing at the Tech Center's small-engine test facilities help
define the safety and performance of other critical in-service aircraft
engines that have not been tested with newer unleaded fuels, and to
develop other new or alternate fuels.

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7\. Update: Aviation Research and Technology Park

By Jay M. Fox

Plans continue for an Aviation Research and Technology Park (ARTP) to be
run by a private sector non-profit entity, but located on FAA Technical
Center Property. The goal is to create a premier state-of-the-art
facility that will provide national and international leadership for the
future of aviation, while delivering aviation technologies necessary to
the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS), a major
intergovernmental and private sector initiative aimed at updating our
national air transportation system.

The proposed ARTP is currently the subject of a feasibility study funded
by Atlantic County, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority
(NJEDA), the Atlantic County Improvement Authority (ACIA), the Richard
E. Stockton College of New Jersey, and the South Jersey Economic
Development District (SJEDD). These partners, along with many others
including the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority (CRDA), Rutgers
University, and a consortium of Technical Center contractors, are
seeking to establish a world-class campus offering a national aviation
technology resource through a dynamic and innovative partnership between
government, industry, academia, and the southern New Jersey community.

The contract for the feasibility study was let by the ACIA to the
Philadelphia office of Wallace, Roberts & Todd (WRT), a national
regional planning and architectural firm. The completed study will
include a market assessment and analysis for the research park
(including an implementation plan), an environment assessment of the
proposed site, and a master plan and conceptual design for the project.

Apart from the global significance of an ARTP dedicated to NGATS
research is the need for another regional anchor for high technology
jobs. Recently, the Rutgers University's Bloustein School of Planning
and Public Policy released a report entitled *An Economy at Risk: The
Imperatives for a Science and Technology Policy for New Jersey*. That
paper sets forth the following:

-   Globalization places knowledge-based industries under severe cost
    imperatives, because

    -   Worldwide cost structures are significantly below U.S., and

    -   Knowledge-based services are mobile

-   Knowledge-based economy is shifting from high-cost locations
    (northeast) to lower-cost locations (sunbelt)

-   Three of the highest paying sectors in New Jersey, information
    services, financial activities, and professional and business
    services, lost over 34,000 jobs between 2000 to 2005

-   Generally, New Jersey is losing high-paying jobs and replacing them
    with lower-paying jobs

The report concluded that New Jersey now faces its most uncertain
economic future since the Great Depression. That finding is a reason why
Governor Corzine's staff has taken a strong interest in the park.
Advocates for the ARTP have recently met with **Gary D. Rose**

, Chief, Governor's Office of Economic Growth, along with **Dr. Carl Van
Horn**, Chair of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority and a
professor at the Bloustein School.

On June 21, 2006, **U.S. Rep. LoBiondo** announced approval of \$250,000
in federal funding for the proposed Aviation Research and Technology
Park. The funding is to be used by Atlantic County for design and site
development.

"Plans for the park at the FAA Tech Center are clearly progressing,
which is great news for both Atlantic County and the aviation industry
at large," said LoBiondo. "I am pleased to secure this funding for the
proposed aviation park that will bring additional high-skilled jobs into
South Jersey and fuel innovation in the aviation technology sector. I
will continue to work with the FAA Tech Center, Stockton College, and
all vested parties to make this proposal a reality."

 

**Dr. Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.**, President of Stockton College responded
by stating that the college was "appreciative of Congressman LoBiondo's
successful efforts to secure federal funding for the Aviation Research
and Technology Park. Congressman LoBiondo's commitment to the Park, in
which the college is a partner, will provide us with opportunities for
education, internships, and research far beyond that which is available
to other liberal arts colleges."

 

**Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson** also expressed his
gratitude for Congressman LoBiondo\'s support. "As a result of his
commitment, we are now closer to our goal of securing a state-of-the-art
aviation research and technology park that will serve to strengthen our
nation\'s evolving air transportation system."

On September 15, Stockton College will host an academic summit of
numerous universities and colleges in support of the ARTP. And with the
feasibility study to be completed this fall, even more activity is
anticipated as the ARTP takes flight from concept to creation.

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8\. Eastern Region Gives Out Safety Awards

By Barbara Harris-Para

Each year Eastern Region recognizes individuals who are contributing to
safe operations in general aviation. Two Tech Center employees received
awards at this year's ceremony: **Christopher Dumont** and **Barbara
Harris-Para**. Both have been Safety Counselors for the Philadelphia
Flight Standards Office for a number of years.

Chris, a flight instructor with the FAA Flying Club, also has done a
number of presentations on aircraft icing. Barbara instructs at
Hammonton Municipal Airport and has been a presenter at safety seminars
as well. Both Chris and Barbara helped create the Crew Resource
Management (CRM) video that was produced in conjunction with the Flight
Services District Office and Art-Z Graphics about a year ago.

Barbara and Chris have made a commitment to insure safety in general
aviation. They spend at least one evening each year renewing their
counselor status, along with numerous programs throughout the year at
several airports including the Tech Center.

A wonderful breakfast was provided before the ceremony and beautiful,
inscribed pen and pencil sets were presented to the award recipients.

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9\. Gus Sarkos Receives Rutgers Alumni Engineering Award

By Pete Castellano

**Constantine "Gus" Sarkos**, manager of the FAA's Fire Safety Sub-team
at the Technical Center, has won the 2006 Distinguished Engineer Award
from the Engineering Society of the Rutgers University Alumni. Sarkos
received this prestigious honor for his outstanding, long-time
contributions to improving fire safety in commercial and military
transport airplanes.

Sarkos leads the group that conducts the FAA's aircraft fire safety
research and development (R&D) program. They have been instrumental in
developing fire safety products and new test standards that have made
flying safer for the American public, and worldwide. These products have
saved many lives by providing additional time for passengers to exit a
plane safely, by slowing the fire and smoke that may follow a crash, and
by preventing accidents caused by in-flight fire.

Practically every fire safety improvement mandated by FAA over the past
20 years is a product of the fire safety R&D program. The most recent
examples of the group's innovative work have resulted in new, more
stringent fire test standards for thermal acoustic insulation; the
development of a simple, cost effective fuel tank inerting system, which
enabled the FAA to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking to prevent fuel
tank explosions; and the retrofit of the U.S. airline fleet with cargo
compartment fire detection/suppression systems -- a total of 3,400
aircraft were retrofitted.

Sarkos has authored more than 60 reports and papers related to aircraft
fire safety, and he has lectured on the subject at 75 technical
meetings. His outstanding work has earned him 31 awards, during his
36-year FAA career. These include the Distinguished Technical Center
Employee of the Year, the Department of Transportation Secretary's Award
for Meritorious Achievement, and induction into the U.S. Space
Foundation / NASA Hall of Fame.

Sarkos earned bachelors and masters degrees in mechanical engineering
from Rutgers University.

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10\. The 2006 "Ride Your Bike to Work Day" event was held on May 31,
2006. Participants met in the parking lot at the Wawa on Airport Circle
before proceeding down Amelia Earhart Boulevard and through the Main
Gate into the Technical Center.

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11\. Technical Center Hosts Top Chinese Aviation Officials

By Ginger Cairnes

*Editor's Note: The FAA's administrator, Marion C. Blakey, and the FAA
Air Traffic Organization's chief executive officer, Dr. Russ Chew, gave
speeches on September 18, 2006 at the U.S.-China Aviation Summit. The
speeches were titled "Xieshou Binjiin -- Walk Together Hand in Hand" and
"Meeting the Challenge of Growth." They cover a number of important
topics, including the creation (April 2006) of a Joint Next Generation
Air Transportation System Steering Group by the U.S. and China. You can
access the Administrator's speech at:
<http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=7393> and Dr.
Chew's speech at:
<http://www.faa.gov/news/speeches/news_story.cfm?newsId=7390>*

A delegation of officials from the Civil Aviation Authority of China's
(CAAC) Center of Aviation Safety Technology recently kicked off a trip
to the U.S. with a visit to the Technical Center. The eight key aviation
executives spent three days at the Technical Center, from August 21-23,
gaining knowledge for a feasibility study to learn about: the business
operation of the Technical Center and how it establishes and implements
its research and development programs; the Tech Center's experiences in
laboratory construction; how the Tech Center has upgraded safety,
research and testing abilities in several existing areas, as well as in
new arenas.

The Chinese aviation officials delved into issues, such as: how new
laboratories can help solve safety problems facing the Chinese CAAC; how
the FAA analyzes and determines the need for creating and maintaining
its testing labs; and who would be best able to share information on
funding and building space requirements with the authority, from our
past program experience.

The first day at the Tech Center included: operations and maintenance
discussions; budget issues; air traffic programs; laboratory visits;
future communications; and ongoing work in minimum separation standards.
Day two focused on airport and aircraft safety research and development
and transportation security briefings. Day three covered: Tower/TRACON
modeling and simulation; human factors staffing, future workstations and
virtual reality; navigation (WAAS/LAAS); and the Tech Center's "flying
fleet" of test aircraft.

The CAAC Center of Aviation Safety Technology attendees included: **Xie
Zinan**, deputy chief engineer; **Dinghao Shi**, director general;
**Hongyu Yao**, senior engineer; **Liping Chen**, captain; **Baoshu
Liu**, official, general administration; **Yanfeng Mao**, official,
general administration; **Jun Zeng,** official, general administration;
and **Ying Liu**, interpreter.

After its three-day Technical Center visit, the group also planned to
spend time in Washington, DC, with the National Transportation Safety
Board. Then, it was off to Oklahoma City's Mike Monroney Aeronautical
Center and Civil Aerospace Medical Institute to learn about their work
in: human factors, aircraft and airmen information, standards
development for pilot and aircraft performance, flight procedures, and
automated systems development and support.

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12\. Capacity Modeling and Analysis Group Hosts Capacity Seminar and
Workshop

By Helen Monk

Over the past 30 years, the Capacity Modeling and Analysis Group at the
Technical Center has developed, tested and applied fast-time simulation
models to evaluate potential airport capacity improvements in response
to the FAA System Capacity, Planning and Improvement Program. The
results of these evaluations provide the technically sound quantitative
data that is essential to informed decision making at all levels of the
FAA and its Air Traffic Organization. The group has more than 150 years
of collective experience investigating various capacity improvement
options at almost every major and medium airport in the U.S., and a
number of foreign airports.

Since May 1999, the Capacity Modeling and Analysis Group has conducted
three capacity seminars and workshops. They are intended to help airport
planners in the regions operate more effectively as informed
participants and chairpersons of joint government/industry Airport
Capacity Enhancement Design Teams. An early participant is now a program
manager in the Office of Airport Planning and Programming and works very
closely with the Center's Capacity Group.

The latest seminar, conducted in May 2006 at the Tech Center, was
initiated by a request from **Steve Urlass** and **Sharon Glasgow**,
Office of Airport Planning and Programming, National Planning Division.
Eleven airport planners from six regions and headquarters attended the
3-day session. The topics included capacity analysis, \"rule of thumb"
techniques, analytical tools and models, fast-time simulation models,
and approaches used for a quick airport analysis.

**Helen Monk** led the Center's team in the conduct of this most recent
seminar. Other presenters included **Jennifer Morris** and **Joe
Richie**, with assistance from **Gary Renauro** and **Dan Penrith**.
**Emily Guerrios, Ji'on Brown, John Zinna, Doug Frye, Cassandra Miller,
Andy Lamb** and **Jan Cobb** provided assistance in preparing for the
seminar.

The participants agreed the seminar was successful in accomplishing its
objectives. Their feedback indicated the discussions were informative,
useful, and practical. They believed the seminar would help them be
proactive and allow them to make better planning and financial
decisions.

To underscore the success of the seminars, the Capacity Modeling and
Analysis Group has received requests from FAA regional planners for
another seminar later this year, as well as one-day seminars in the
regional offices. The need for increased airport capacity, a frequent
topic in the news and an important issue in the aviation community, has
contributed to the requests for additional capacity seminars.

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13\. Employee Profile: Lourdes Sanabria -- An Inspiration To Us All

By Suzanne Mejia and Carmen DiGiacomo Jr.

Earlier this year, **Lourdes Sanabria** stepped out of an elevator and
walked to her desk at the South Florida Flight Standards District
Office. Now, you may be saying, \"So, what is the big deal?\" Well, for
those that know Lourdes and her history, this event brought tears to
their eyes.

The FAA hired Lourdes Sanabria in November 1998 as an Aviation Clerk in
the Miami Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). The 23-year old was
attending college and supporting her widowed mother. She was the proud
holder of a private pilot certificate with an instrument rating and was
about to take a check ride for her commercial pilot rating. She dreamed
of someday being an airline pilot.

Then, just six months later, on April 8, 1999, while Lourdes was stopped
at a red light in her car, a drag-racing drunk driver slammed into the
driver side of Lourdes' car. He fled the scene, but later was
apprehended by police.

Lourdes was taken by helicopter to the Ryder trauma unit. She was in a
coma and had severe injuries with multiple fractures on the left side of
her head.

Her road to recovery has been a tough one. The coma lasted for three
months. When Lourdes came out of the coma she could not breathe on her
own. She could not eat or talk, and she barely could move. She had to
learn to do these things all over again.

Almost two years later, on March 21, 2001, Lourdes returned to work in a
wheelchair. Although she only worked four hours a day, three days a
week, Lourdes was able to receive a full paycheck, thanks to the
hundreds of hours donated to her through the Voluntary Leave Transfer
Program.

Last year Lourdes began working full-time. She has full use of her left
arm and some use of her right. Her legs are strong, but her equilibrium
is off, so she will fall backwards when she stands if she does not have
support. Her speech is improving and the doctors are still working with
her on new techniques to make it even better.

Although her dream to be a commercial pilot was wiped out by her head
injury, her spirits are still high. She comes into work each day ready
for a new challenge. On this special day the challenge was walking to
her cubicle. The father of another young lady who also was injured in a
car accident created a special walker that allows Lourdes to stand and
walk without falling over. She still needs help getting to a standing or
sitting position, but this device gives her much more mobility and
allows her to exercise her legs.

Lourdes continues to inspire us on a daily basis. She always has a smile
on her face and is ready to tackle any task she is given. She stands as
an example of determination to overcome adversity and a willingness to
enjoy the life she has been given.

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14\. Tech Center Welcomes Federal Security Officers

By Ginger Cairnes

What started out as a recent welcome and familiarization tour at the
Tech Center for **Ron Faccipont**, the newly named Federal Security
Director at Atlantic City International Airport (ACY), and **John
Anderson**, ACY Regulatory Inspector, grew by leaps and bounds to
include other Federal Security Directors, Screening Managers, Regulatory
Inspectors, Law Enforcement personnel and inspectors from Harrisburg
International, LaGuardia, JFK and Newark Liberty Airports.

Other attendees included **Michael Elliott, Steve Brock, Douglas
Hofsass, John Marigliano, Frank Fiumano, Paul Bostic, Donald Basso, Mike
Torres, Pat Boyle, John Pellegritti, Maria Volpe, Michael Aberijon** and
**Dale Mason**.

They toured a number of areas including the Federal Air Marshals,
Information Security, the Transportation Security Laboratories, Standard
Terminal Arrival Replacement System (STARS), Weather and Radar Processor
System (WARP), Integrated Terminal Weather System (ITWS), and
Tower/TRACON Modeling and Simulation.

Many members of the group said they plan to return to the Tech Center to
explore more airport security and screening issues and to visit the
Full-Scale Fire Test Facility.

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15\. Holly Cyrus Receives an MBA from Capella University

By Terry Kraus

**Holly Cyrus** of the Technical Center's Airport Technology Research
and Development Branch recently graduated with a Master of Business
Administration (MBA) degree from Capella University. She had a 4.0 grade
point average and serves as an ambassador for Capella University.

The graduation event was held in the Heritage Forum (Anaheim, CA) and
featured **Wally Amos**, the founder of Famous Amos Cookies, as the
keynote speaker. For those who could not attend in person, Capella
broadcast the event live via a web cast. More than 230 Bachelor\'s,
Master\'s, and Ph.D. degrees were presented during the ceremony.

Founded in 1993, Capella University is an accredited online university
that currently serves more than 14,500 enrolled learners from all 50
states and 63 countries.

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16\. IRAC Retreat Held at the Technical Center

By Paul Dever

The FAA's Spectrum Testing and Engineering Analysis Office at the
Technical Center recently hosted an Interdepartmental Radio Advisory
Committee (IRAC) Retreat. The retreat was held in the Tech Center's
Central Viewing Area (CVA) in the Red Brick Building.

Participants included representatives from DOT, NASA, the National
Science Foundation, the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA). and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
There also were representatives from the U.S. Departments of Commerce,
Homeland Security, Interior, Justice, Agriculture, Energy, State and
Veterans Affairs; plus the U.S. Air Force, Coast Guard and Navy.

The purpose of IRAC is to advise NTIA in matters of developing and
executing policies, programs, procedures and technical criteria
pertaining to the use of government spectrum. NTIA is a government
organization that was charted by the Communications Act of 1934.

In addition to the private IRAC meetings, FAA personnel contributed:

1.  Introductions **(Wilson Felder, John Wiley and Paul Dever)**

2.  WJHTC Spectrum Engineering Presentation (Paul Dever)

3.  VHF/UHF Radio Testing and Mobile RFI Detection Presentation **(Ed
    Coleman)**

4.  WJHTC Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CD)

5.  Interference Monitoring Detection System (IMDS) and National
    Operations Control Center (NOCC) Presentations (**James Aviles**)

6.  Demonstrations at Building #176 (RCAG)

    -   Radio Parameters (Ed Coleman)

    -   RFI Tahoe 4WD **(Rich Dunklee)**

    -   Ultra Wide Band and RFI Resolution **(Marty Badinelli and Kiem
        Hoang)**

7.  WJHTC Facilities Tour **(Ginger Cairnes** and **Barbara Harris
    Para)**

A special thanks goes to **Richard Morton** for coordinating security
and obtaining badges, directions and transportation for the various IRAC
government visitors.

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17\. Pride in What We Do: Tech Center Achievements in the News

By Stan Ciurczak

Ongoing project work at the Technical Center has been widely reported in
the media and in professional journals of late. Naturally any one of us
would feel a sense of personal pride if our work were published. Stories
about the Tech Center help inform taxpayers and the aviation industry
about the ongoing work of the FAA. But I'd like to think they also serve
another purpose, which is to make each of us proud to work here.

I believe that pride in what we do is an important element that should
define each and every person who works here. I hope that seeing stories
in print, or on TV, about the work that is being done at the Tech Center
will inspire pride in each of us (current and former Tech Center
employees alike) in the work that has gone on here for almost 50 years
in the service of the FAA and the flying public.

Here are a few examples of stories I became aware of, through various
FAA reports, in the past few months. I'm sure there are others that I
missed, but I hope that these examples will make you proud to be here
like I am.

**Dave Atwood**, an aerospace engineer in the FAA\'s unleaded fuel
program, based at the Technical Center, wrote an article that was
published in a special \"Global Aviation Fuel\" supplement to the June
issue of *International Airport Review*. Atwood\'s article gave an
update of the FAA\'s research into alternate general aviation fuels, and
the agency\'s initiative to bring industry, academia, and the aviation
community together in this effort.

The *Philadelphia Inquirer* recently ran a front-page story about a
joint FAA / Drexel University fellowship program in aging aircraft
research. The writer recently visited the Tech Center's panel test
facility (the full-scale aircraft structural test, evaluation and
research facility known as FASTER) and was given an overview by **Dr.
John Bakuckas**, the FASTER test lead. The writer, who had previously
visited Drexel University and spoken with university faculty who are
involved in the fellowship program, met with **Rob Pappas**, the FAA's
aging aircraft research program manager here at the Tech Center, about
the overall aging aircraft research program.

**Bob Grupe** of *Air Safety Week* interviewed **Dr.** **William Gale**,
Auburn University professor and executive director of the FAA's Center
of Excellence for Airliner Cabin Environment Research (ACER), about the
overall research being conducted by the center. Some key projects funded
by the FAA include ozone in passenger cabins, exposure and risks of
pesticides on-board aircraft, new cabin pressure effects, incidents,
contaminant transport, sensors and decontamination. A front-page story
ran on June 26.

The Technical Center received coverage from NJ Network (NJN) News and
the Atlantic City NBC affiliate on a technology symposium that was
hosted by the Tech Center. The Mid-Atlantic and Aviation Technologies
Expo, sponsored by the NJ Technology Council, featured exhibits,
technical paper presentations, tours and a debate on the top 10
technology trends for the future. NJN's science and technology reporter
interviewed **Deborah Germak**, FAA Technology Transfer Program Manager,
and **Dr. Richard Lyon**, Operations Planning Research and Development
Fire Research Program Manager. Both discussed the importance of tech
transfer in advancing new technologies and patenting new products.
Lyon's patented microscale combustion calorimeter is now being produced
commercially.

Wayne Rash, of *E-Week* magazine, recently interviewed FAA fire safety
expert, **Richard (Dick) Hill,** about battery testing that has been
conducted in the Tech Center's fire safety laboratories. The FAA has
been testing the flammability of bulk-stored batteries in the cargo hold
at the Tech Center. **Dick Hill** also did an on-camera interview with a
crew from Cineflix Productions, Inc., a Montreal-based company that is
producing a documentary about the 1983 Air Canada 797 accident. Dick,
who worked as an investigator for the National Transportation Safety
Board in that accident investigation, discussed the many fire safety
improvements that have been developed and mandated since that accident,
and how that investigation broadened the FAA's fire safety emphasis to
embrace in-flight as well as post-crash fires.

**David Carlisle** of *Aviation Week & Space Technology* recently
interviewed FAA icing expert, **Jim Riley,** about tail plane icing
research conducted at the Tech Center. In addition, *Aerospace America*
magazine published an article by Operations Planning Research and
Development (R&D) safety researchers **Jim Riley** and **Warren
Underwood** titled, "Icing Research Heats Up" (May 2006). This article
details icing research being done by the FAA and other federal agencies
and laboratories.

Th*e Journal of Air Traffic Control* ran an article by Operations
Planning R&D experts **William Krebs, Glen Hewitt** and **Terry Kraus**
titled, "Building Towers that Meet Human Performance Needs" (April-May
2006.)

There was extensive coverage in the Atlantic City and Philadelphia
media, in August, of this year's Atlantic City Airshow, including the
fact that the Tech Center played host to the Blue Angels and other
specialty aircraft, on the FAA ramp, prior to the show. The media came
to the Tech Center press flights and to interview specialty pilots.

The Tech Center's advanced imaging group produced video footage of the
prototype fuel tank inerting system installed on the Center's B-747 SP
test aircraft. The footage was provided to many television stations,
serving as background material to augment their TWA 800 10-year
anniversary stories. The stations included CNN and several NY
metropolitan network affiliates and independent television stations. The
footage also was posted on the FAA's web site. Our imaging group also is
working with Story House Productions, a German-American production
company that produces the show "Wonderworld of Sciences," a science and
technology magazine show that airs on a major German television network
in Austria and Switzerland. The company wants to produce a segment on
research and testing that is conducted at the Tech Center.

By the way, you might want to let your colleagues know if you saw their
name in print. I bet that will make them smile -- and feel proud.

Questions or comments (humorous or otherwise) can be directed to:

<Stan.Ciurczak@faa.gov>

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18\. N40 Has Served Us Well

Dr. Wilson N. Felder

A bit of history was made recently when we had the last scheduled test
flight (at least for now) of the FAA's N40 aircraft. I was on that
flight along with the flight crew (**Keith Biehl, Mark Ehrhart** and
**John Tatham**), the flight briefer (**Armando Gaetano**), the flight
observers (**Mike Greco, Stan Pszczolkowski**) and the project engineers
(**MaryAnn Smith** and **Manuel Gonzalez**). The project objective was
to validate the Aircraft Geometric Height Monitoring Element (AGHME)
upgrades, for the Separations Standards Sub-team, by following a
specific route along certain points including Atlantic City, Barnegat,
Gibbsboro and Millville. AGHME is used to verify aircraft height for
Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (DRVSM).

N40 is a Boeing 727 that arrived at the National Aviation Facilities
Experimental Center (NAFEC) in 1978 from Eastern Airlines. A "used"
aircraft when we acquired it 38 years ago, this aircraft has been used
for project work on the Microwave Landing System (MLS), the Traffic
Alert Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), NTSB Wake Turbulence Studies
(WAKE), the Global Positioning System (GPS), Automatic Dependent
Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) and Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum
(RVSM). Our capable pilots have flown it to Germany, Great Britain,
Korea, France, Brazil, Peru, Iceland, Italy and Thailand, among other
places, over the years. The N40 would have to be re-certified if it were
going to be used again for project work.

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19\. Tech Center's National Transportation Week Essay Contest

By Adam Greco

For the past decade, the Technical Center has been sponsoring an annual
essay contest in recognition of National Transportation Week, which is
celebrated each May. All middle schools in the five counties throughout
South Jersey were provided a transportation theme and students from
6^th^ through 8^th^ grades were invited to participate. The contest is
open to students who attend public schools, parochial schools and
charter schools, as well as home-schooled students.

Although the essay topics in the past several years have involved
aviation, this year's maritime theme addressed port security. The
contest winners are as follows:

8^th^ Grade **Morgan Cullers** Mullica Township **Mrs. Ottinger's
Class**

**Carly Chamberlain** Mullica Township Mrs. Ottinger's Class

7^th^ Grade **Matthew Houser** St. James/Ventnor **Mrs. Bruesehoff's
Class**

**Mary Given** St. James/Ventnor Mrs. Bruesehoff's Class

6^th^ Grade **Jessica Hannon** Lumberton Middle **Mrs. Carver's Class**

**Adam Greco** and **Barbara Harris-Para** are the program coordinators
for this activity. The program coordinators visit the winners at each
school and present a handsome, official plaque to the contest winners.
Many other Tech Center employees also participated in the program by
reading the students' essays, scoring them and determining the final
winners.

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20\. Tour of the Philadelphia Tower

By Adam Greco

A group of Technical Center employees consisting of summer interns,
Minority Serving Institution interns, Transportation Security
Administration fellows and Federal employees toured the Philadelphia Air
Traffic Control Tower in order to familiarize themselves with air
traffic procedures.

Philadelphia Tower is the second busiest tower on the east coast after
Atlanta Tower. It is bounded by several approach control facilities and
is astride two Air Route Traffic Control Centers. The visitors are first
introduced to the TRACON room where the radar controllers are directing
departing and arriving air traffic.

Their tour guide, **Carroll Jones**, Project Manager, explains the
procedures, methods and details of the radar room and the STARS
equipment to the visitors. Next, the visitors are brought up to the
Tower Cab where they enjoy a 360-degree, panoramic view of the airport
and surrounding area. At this vantage, the visitor can see the aircraft
departing, arriving and the ground movement of the various vehicles.

The tour, which is organized by **Adam Greco** on a periodic basis,
usually takes about 3 hours. The tour provides the employees with a
greater understanding of the mission of the agency and gives the visitor
a first hand perspective of a field operation.

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21\. Public Service Recognition Week

By Janet Kinsell

All employees of the FAA and other government agencies that are located
at the Tech Center were invited to participate in a celebration held in
the atrium. The Center Director, **Dr. Wilson Felder,** took to the
podium to honor public servants, both civilian and military, as part of
the national celebration of Public Service Recognition Week.

"This time is set aside to pay tribute to all of you who serve the
public. Public service requires a certain intensity of dedication and
commitment," Dr. Felder stated before the hundreds of employees who
gathered for the event. Leading those assembled through a recitation of
the pledge of allegiance, the new Center Director explained that the
pledge is evidence of dedication to duty. He then introduced **Zack
Williams**, who sang a moving rendition of the national anthem.

The director went on to say, "For the past 20 years, since 1985, the
first Monday through Sunday in May has been set aside to honor the men
and women who serve our nation as federal, state and local government
employees. Throughout the nation and around the world, this is a time to
educate people by highlighting the many ways our government serves the
people and makes our lives better. It is a time to thank all of you for
the wonderful work that you do."

He then stated that this is a difficult time for our country, the future
of aviation and the future of our nation overall. He shared with us that
he lives with this thought daily as his son is serving our country in
Afghanistan.

"To quote an excerpt from a letter written by **President George W.
Bush**," he said, "Public service is a high calling and an expression of
responsible citizenship. Our nation is deeply indebted to the men and
women who devote their lives to careers that serve the public good.
Throughout our country, public servants at all levels of government work
to improve our lives, advance prosperity and protect our homeland. Your
efforts reflect the best of the American Spirit." His appreciation
continued as he introduced the members of the Tech Center's Senior
Leadership Team, the Human Resources Management Division, Civil Aviation
Security, the 177^th^ Fighter Wing and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Loud applause erupted when the director recognized each Center employee
for his or her years of service, from "the just beginning employee" to
"the 15-plus year veteran." He commented, "the Technical Center must be
a really, really great place to work because the last recognized group
was the largest!"

Dr. Felder continued by saying that each employee contributes to the
accomplishment of the Center, citing the Advanced Technologies and
Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) program, those that configure the laboratories
for testing, the folks who work in procurement, to those that require
travel and other administrative support. "What you see now is the ATOP
team in a much broader view. It illustrates that we all make a
contribution to each program."

In closing, Dr. Felder invited everyone to give him suggestions for
improving the Center via a suggestion box that he had placed in the
atrium or by e-mail. He thanked those who put the ceremony together,
especially the NAFEC Association for funding the cake and punch, and the
Advanced Imaging Group for the video that we enjoyed. His concluding
comments were, "It is a great privilege to be here. You are special
people and this is a special place."

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22\. Acting Center Director Ron Esposito Retires

By Pete Castellano

On April 3, Acting Center Director **Ronald J. Esposito** retired from
the FAA, ending a long and distinguished Federal career. A retirement
dinner was held at Greate Bay Country Club on May 24, attended by more
than 150 of his family, friends and colleagues.

Ron completed his career as a civil servant with more than 34 years of
Federal service. Over 31 years were spent at the Technical Center, where
he held several senior management positions. He retired as the Acting
Director, FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center.

Before becoming Acting Director, Ron held the position of Senior
Corporate Officer at the Technical Center for two years. In this
position he served as the senior advisor to the Center Director, and was
responsible for oversight and integration of technical and
administrative functions. He represented the Center in matters with
officials of local, state and Federal agencies and provided leadership
for special projects. He recently served as the FAA lead on the
committee to advance the creation of an Aviation Research and Technology
Park at the Center.

Ron previously held the position of Managing Director of the Office of
Operations, Technology and Acquisitions (OTA) for three years. The OTA
organization combined all of the Center support services into one
organization for the purpose of providing seamless service to its
customers by utilizing the concept of one-stop-shopping. He was
responsible for managing the following organizations among others:
Information Technology, Finance, Facilities Services & Engineering,
Acquisition/Materiel & Grants, Advanced Imaging, Enterprise Security,
Travel & Meeting Management and the Service Liaison Office. He also
introduced the use of Service Level Agreements where common
expectations, improved communications and the use of metrics became
commonplace.

Prior to that, Ron was the Chief of Staff of the Technical Center and he
also served as the Service Director for Facilities Management where he
was responsible for buildings and grounds covering over 5,000 acres and
fully integrated state-of-the-art simulation and test labs that
accurately mirror the systems found in the National Airspace System. He
also served as Deputy Service Director for Resource Management, which
included all administrative services.

While he was the manager of the Financial Management Division his
organization was named both the FAA accounting office and budget office
of the year. He served as a Strategic Planning Officer and the Manager
of the Contracts Branch. As the Manager of the Information Resource
Branch, he led the effort to plan and implement the first large-scale
purchase of personal computers at the Technical Center. As a Budget
Analyst, he had the opportunity over time to work with every
appropriation and fiscal program at the Technical Center.

Ron also served as the lead for many special projects. He led the team
that designed the FAA's current performance-based core compensation
system and was the co-leader of the team that initiated door-to-door FAA
air shuttle operation from the Tech Center to FAA Headquarters,
resulting in annual savings of \$1 million to \$1.5 million. He also led
the teams that relocated activities of the Federal Air Marshals and the
U.S. Coast Guard to the Tech Center, where they both enjoy an
environment that is well suited for their respective missions. In 1999,
the FAA Administrator recognized him for his support of U.S. Vice
President Al Gore's "Reinventing Government" initiative.

During his career at the Center, Ron received numerous awards for his
management and leadership skills, including the Technical Center
Director's Award in 1997, the FAA's Ken Byram Memorial Award in 1999,
and, most recently, the FAA Distinguished Career Service Award upon his
retirement in 2006.

Prior to working for the FAA, Ron served as a Procurement Analyst for
the U.S. Navy from 1972 through 1975. He also is a veteran of the N.J.
Army National Guard.

Ron earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and
Labor Relations from Rider University, and a Master of Business
Administration (MBA) degree from Monmouth College. He also is a graduate
of the Federal Executive Institute.

Ron was a Combined Federal Campaign team leader, at the Center, and has
been active in his community as an officer with the YMCA Indian Princess
/ Guides Organization, as an officer and a coach with the Folsom
Athletic Association, as a Commissioner of Parks for the Borough of
Folsom and as a member of the Saint Martin de Porres Charity
Organization. He also is a member of the Air Traffic Control Association
(ATCA)

Ron has been married for 31 years to **Roseann Esposito**, and has two
adult children, **Tracy** and **Tara**.

Ron is an extremely kind and personable guy, and will be missed by all
who had the pleasure of working with him. Always quick with a smile, I
will personally miss hearing his unmistakable laugh ringing out on the
fourth floor. If Ron was laughing, all was right with the world.

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23\. Atlantic County Institute of Technology's "Shadowing Day"

# By Barbara Harris-Para

**Adam Greco**, **Dana Whicker** (Titan) and I recently attended a
2-hour session at the Atlantic County Institute of Technology to
introduce the students in the freshman class to different occupations at
the Technical Center, and aviation in general.

Dana handed out a brochure titled "Why Become an Engineer," and talked
about her experiences throughout high school, college and the workplace.
In the brochure there were many website addresses for follow up by the
students.

Adam talked about his experiences as an air traffic controller" in the
New York area, and then his transition to South Jersey. He explained, to
the students, how they too could get a jump on their future careers by
starting now to explore the necessary items needed to become an air
traffic controller. He mentioned some of the leading colleges and
universities that offer courses to achieve this career.

I presented a PowerPoint presentation that I developed on "Aviation
Careers." I covered a variety of areas from pumping fuel, which requires
very little education, all the way through the training for airline
pilots. I explained there are many more occupations in aviation
including pilot, flight attendant and security management. The entire
experience was very worthwhile, because the students took away a better
understanding of aviation careers.

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# 24. Tech Center Supports Boston Runway Modernization Project

# Simulations save time, improve efficiency for new Boston runway

By Holly Baker

The Technical Center conducted innovative, invaluable simulations for
Boston air traffic personnel recently. The tests will result in immense
time savings and greatly enhanced efficiency in the use of Runway 32, a
new runway that is set to open on Thanksgiving Day at Boston Logan
International Airport.

Construction of Runway 32 on the southwest side of the airport began in
2003 and has been completed.

New operational procedures must be developed to ensure safe, orderly and
effective use of the new runway. These procedures include the
modification of traffic flows from the Boston TRACON that feed into the
airport.

The Center's Airway Facilities Tower Integration Laboratory (AFTIL)
served as the test bed for Boston air traffic controllers and managers
to conduct the required operational analysis and to test, verify and
validate the suitability of various proposed traffic spacing and
sequencing concepts.

The challenge was to try out different methods under assorted conditions
to see what worked and what did not, taking into special account the
interaction between the tower and the TRACON.

The AFTIL provides a 360-degree view from the tower and simulated
aircraft that enable a realistic, total immersion environment. Here, the
Boston controllers quickly "controlled" traffic and interacted with each
other and with the simulator pilots as though they were actually
controlling traffic in Boston. Varied weather, visibility and emergency
conditions were replicated, too.

Twelve different operational scenarios were run over three days to
determine the most efficient and safe operational configuration. The
tests were conducted in a short period of time and at a very low cost.

The simulations conducted at the AFTIL were so realistic and effective
that the controllers from Boston revised their planned spacing
configurations for Runway 32 operations. The configurations they
initially had thought would be best dropped to second choice after they
completed the tests. The controllers were delighted with the simplicity
of the new traffic flow, which they would not have believed possible
prior to the simulations. The simulations showed that this new, simple
flow would be safe and would maintain proper separation standards.

Boston tower management raved about the simulations, the capabilities of
the AFTIL and the importance of this effort to the safe, efficient use
of Runway 32.

"The use of the (AFTIL) simulator was invaluable to us," said **Bettina
Peronti**, Boston Logan air traffic control tower manager. "The
simulator was a tremendous help to us in conducting our safety risk
assessment and for developing procedures for the runway."

"We went in with a strong idea of what procedures would work for the
most efficient use of the runway, and that was based on many years of
air traffic control knowledge and experience. The end result was 180
degrees from what we initially had thought would work best. The
simulator enabled us to try different options to reach the optimum use
of the runway."

"Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Pallante and the rest of the AFTIL gang were nothing
short of ingenious when it came to the orchestration and execution of
envisioned goals for this facility," said **Gary Hufnagle**, facility
support manager. "The lab has shown us 'proof of concept' through
simulation, and is an invaluable tool for future requirements in data
gathering, procedural development, safety risk assessment and efficiency
of conceptual flow. The potential is endless; the price was right, too."

"Our time at the lab was one of the most rewarding experiences I've had
in my 26 years with the FAA," said Patricia Pilanen, support specialist
for training. "This lab can and should be used for safety risk
management, procedural development and training. It's capabilities and
full potential are yet to be realized. It was as if we were standing in
our own tower cab and working real traffic."

All three noted that they would not have come to the correct conclusion
as quickly as they did, if at all, without the use of the (AFTIL)
simulator. One cannot estimate how long it would have taken to recognize
the potential of operating the new runway to its peak potential -- it
could have taken years.

Kudos to the Technical Center tower/TRACON modeling simulation group
that completed this effort. They are: **Bill Vaughan**, AFTIL group
lead; **John Aschenbach**, FAA AFTIL program; **John Wilks**, FAA AFTIL
program; **Danielle Stephens** and **Lauren DiGiovonni**, L3
Communications summer intern students; **Roger Bawgus, Rodman Bourne**
and **John Pallante**, of L3 Communications.

The AFTIL is best known for its innovative tower siting. projects. In
the past five years, the program specialists have conducted elaborate
tower siting studies for more than 50 U.S. airports, in the unique tower
integration laboratory.

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25\. Tech Center Represented at AIAA GNC Conference

# By Rick Ozmore

**Mike Paglione** of the Simulation and Analysis Group recently
participated in the 2006 American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA) Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Conference
held in Keystone, CO.

A member of the GNC Technical Committee for the second year in a row,
Paglione was Area Chair of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Concepts Track
for this year\'s conference. This required organizing four full sessions
of papers, appointing session chairs and co-chairs, and performing and
assigning two reviews for the 30 papers in the ATC Track.

Paglione also presented his own paper at the conference, which is titled
\"Determination of Horizontal and Vertical Phase of Flight in Recorded
Air Traffic Data.\" The paper can be accessed at:
<http://acy.tc.faa.gov/cpat/docs/AIAA-2006-6772-953t.pdf>.

The conference was a resounding success for AIAA with very good
attendance and nearly 1,000 papers being presented.

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26\. Air Bear Goes to Pennsauken

By Barbara Harris-Para

The FAA Air Bear**, Rosanne Weiss,** and **Barbara Harris-Para**
participated in the yearly "Space Day" at Carson Elementary School. "Air
Bear" welcomed more than 200 students in kindergarten through second
grade to a session on aviation.

The video, "Air Bear Goes on a Trip," was shown to the students. Barbara
Harris-Para offered explanations about airplanes, airports and pilots.
She asked the students if they had ever flown on a plane before, where
they had gone if they had flown before, and if they remembered meeting
the airport people they saw in the video.

The entire day was very productive with lots of hugs and smiles from the
students for Air Bear**.** The children were provided coloring books and
other materials they could use when they got back to their classrooms.

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27\.

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| Congress Commends the ATO                                             |
|                                                                       |
| During a hearing on June 21, the House of Representatives provided a  |
| strong endorsement of the FAA\'s Air Traffic Organization. The        |
| Subcommittee on Aviation heard from the FAA Air Traffic               |
| Organization\'s Chief Operating Officer (COO), **Dr.** **Russell G.   |
| Chew,** and the Joint Planning and Development Office\'s acting       |
| director, **Robert Pearce**. The two men spoke about the progress the |
| ATO is making and discussed the future of the air traffic system. \   |
| \                                                                     |
| \"Today we can report real results,\" testified Dr. Chew. \"We are    |
| focusing on operations, costs, productivity and sound fiscal          |
| management. By operating more like a well-run business, we are able   |
| to field new technologies on time and on budget. In fact, last year,  |
| 92 percent of scheduled goals were met for 31 major programs, and 97  |
| percent of major acquisition programs met budget goals.\"\            |
| \                                                                     |
| **Gerald Dillingham** of the U.S. Government Accountability Office    |
| also testified that, \"ATO has met its acquisition performance goal   |
| for the second consecutive year.\"\                                   |
| \                                                                     |
| Meeting the acquisition program management goal for two years in a    |
| row made a big difference with members of Congress, who have been     |
| critical in the past of the FAA\'s ability to field new systems on    |
| time and on budget. However, at this hearing, member after member     |
| testified on the progress the FAA has made since the creation of the  |
| ATO.\                                                                 |
| \                                                                     |
| **Subcommittee Chairman John Mica** (R-FL) said, in his opening       |
| statement, \"I would like to commend **FAA Administrator Marion       |
| Blakey** and Air Traffic Organization Chief Operating Officer Russ    |
| Chew for their leadership and efforts to get the vast majority of our |
| Air Traffic Control (ATC) modernization programs on time and within   |
| budget.\"  \                                                          |
| \                                                                     |
| While echoing this positive view, other members of the committee also |
| brought forward some concerns, including the progress of the FAA      |
| Telecommunications Infrastructure program and the amount of money     |
| going into the JPDO.\                                                 |
| \                                                                     |
| \"There is a serious disconnect between rhetoric and resources,\"     |
| said **Ranking Member Jerry Costello (D-Ill.),** referring to the     |
| funding for the transformation of the ATC system. **U.S. Rep. Frank   |
| LoBiondo (R-N.J.)**, whose district includes the FAA\'s Tech Center,  |
| was also concerned about the levels of funding and recommended the    |
| FAA \"step up our investment in the Next Generation Air               |
| Transportation System (NGATS).\"\                                     |
| \                                                                     |
| Dr. Chew responded that the future investments in the NGATS must be   |
| made carefully so that money will not be wasted on programs that      |
| won't provide real results. The Department of Transportation's        |
| **Inspector General Todd Zinser** agreed, \"ATO does deserve all      |
| kinds of credit for not going out and spending money on projects we   |
| don\'t need.\"                                                        |
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28\. Tech Transfer Efforts Highlighted

**Deborah Germak**, the FAA's Technology Transfer Program Manager at the
Technical Center, was recently featured in Russ Chew's FAA NEWS "phone
message." Deborah was singled out for promoting FAA inventors.

You can read the message at:

<http://www.ato.faa.gov/800_news/042806_news.pdf>

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29\. FAA, Rowan University to Collaborate on Surveillance Research

### Cooperative Research And Development Agreement Signed

By Deborah Germak

The FAA recently entered into a Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (CRDA) with Rowan University. The collaborative research is in
surveillance.

The objective of this collaborative partnership is the development and
improvement of a graphical user interface for the display of recorded
air traffic data, the display of the predictions of this air traffic
data from National Airspace System decision support tools, and a
Visualization Framework for radar data integrity. The expected outputs
are software and documentation.

This is an excellent example of a partnership with an educational
institution by assembling and using students under the direction of a
professor to develop and test the project outputs while working with a
Government engineer and allowing the collaborative party to have access
to a federal laboratory and leverage resources.

The Government's principal investigator is **Mike Paglione** at the Tech
Center. The principal investigator for Rowan University, the
collaborating research organization, is **Adrian Rusu**. This CRDA was
awarded on July 25 and is effective for one year.

If you have any questions regarding this CRDA, please contact **Deborah
Germak** at (609) 485-9862.

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30\. FAA, Propeller Companies to Collaborate on Aircraft Safety Research

### Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Signed

By Deborah Germak

The FAA recently entered into Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRDA) with Hartzell Propeller Inc. and MT-Propeller USA,
Inc. The collaborative research is in Aircraft Safety.

A recent event in a flight test showed unexpected propeller ice
accretion in suspected supercooled large drop (SLD) conditions. The
objectives of this research are for the FAA to conduct an experimental
study, which will document propeller leading edge and runback ice
accretion characteristics, and to determine propeller efficiency losses.
Understanding propeller ice accretion and resulting efficiency loss are
required by manufacturers to properly size the engine power for icing
conditions and certification of the propeller ice protection system.

The Government's principal investigator is **Christopher Dumont** at the
Tech Center. The point of contact (POC) for Hartzell is **Bruce Hanke**
and the POC for MT-Propeller is **Juergen Zahner**.

The CRDAs both were awarded in May and each has a duration of 6 months.

If you have any questions regarding this CRDA, please contact **Deborah
Germak** at (609) 485-9862.

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31\. Three FAA Executive Personnel Actions Announced

By Stan Ciurczak

**FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey** recently announced the selection
of **Charles Leader** to be the new Director of the Joint Planning and
Development Office. Mr. Leader is a 17-year veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps. He is a graduate of Notre Dame University and holds an MBA from
Harvard University.

During the past 15 years, Mr. Leader has held CEO and general management
positions in several corporations, including Hughes Aircraft. He was
also a partner at McKinsey & Co. and co-leader of their Aerospace /
Defense practice. His experience includes working in research
management, technology development, and systems integration, with a
focus on aviation and aerospace.

Mr. Leader began work at the JPDO on August 7. **Robert Pearce**, who
served as acting JPDO Director since last fall, will be the JPDO Deputy
Director.

In addition, the Administrator recently announced that **Daniel
Elwell**, managing director of International and Government Affairs for
American Airlines, has been named FAA Assistant Administrator for
Policy, Planning, and Environment. She also announced that **Bill
Davis**, Vice President of Safety for the Air Traffic Organization, is
taking a one-year detail at the White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy, starting in September.

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32\. Oakcrest High School Students Hear Motivational Speakers

By Barbara Harris-Para

I was recently asked to be one of a number of motivational speakers at
an Oakcrest High School breakfast. Each speaker presented a different
perspective on women and careers. Oakcrest teacher **Susan Kane** is the
advisor who arranged the program.

Approximately 35 female and male students listened to discussions on
topics such as a women becoming police officers and how to overcome
stereotypes. A trial attorney explained that she had come up against
some very strong male adversaries during trials. Other speakers included
a teacher who decided to change her occupation during her years of child
rearing; another teacher who volunteered during the World Trade Center
disaster; a hairdresser who became successful, lost it all to drugs and
alcohol abuse only to turn her life around, have two children and yet
another successful business; and myself, an ex-industrial technology
teacher who became a pilot and a Federal employee.

In my presentation, I spoke about the peer pressure I experienced to not
to go to college, and I explained how I had entered (and since retired
from) a male-dominated field of industrial arts (that today we call
technology). I told them I had attended Trenton State College (now the
College of NJ) in a curriculum with 140 men. Later, during my master's
degree training, I was the first female to graduate from Glassboro (now
Rowan University) in my field.

In all my teaching positions, I was the only female instructor at many
meetings. More recently I decided that I wanted to learn to fly, another
field dominated by men, especially in the flight-training field.
Crossing the gender barrier in both of my chosen occupations did have
its moments throughout the years, but it also made my life interesting.

I tried to convey to the students at Oakcrest that, in today's world,
the sky is the limit. But I also reminded them that there is no "free
lunch" for anyone. If you do your best, then the rewards will be
bountiful. I told them to listen to their inter strength for guidance
and go for the gusto, always looking ahead and never behind. Yesterday
is history and tomorrow is a mystery, so make the best out of every
moment. The other women who spoke gave similar presentations that
hopefully will help motivate the attendees to new heights.

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33\. Operations Planning R&D Technical Notes

By Pete Castellano

Operations Planning Research and Development (R&D) hosted the FAA
Conference on Risk Analysis and Performance Measurement (Atlantic City,
NJ) on September 19-20. Rosanne Weiss is the conference chair, and
executives from FAA, NASA, and industry are expected to attend.

Center engineers recently conducted the formal Shadow Operations Test of
the Runway Status Light System (RWSL) at San Diego (SAN). RWSL is an
all-weather automatic system providing safety backup to controllers,
pilots and vehicle operators. It offers a means of reducing runway
incursions and preventing certain classes of runway accidents by
indicating that a runway is unsafe for entry, crossing or departure,
thereby increasing situational awareness. The test, conducted with the
participation of air traffic controllers from SAN, presented a display
of RWSL runway entrance light operation to test participants, and was
designed to ensure that light performance would not interfere with
normal airport operations prior to the Operational Evaluation, which is
planned for later this year.

Operations Planning R&D's Human Factors specialists recently hosted a
technical interchange meeting at the Tech Center's Research,
Development, and Human Factors Lab to discuss evolving concepts of en
route air traffic control and the validation of productivity
improvements that can be achieved. Attendees included representatives
from the Human Factors Research and Engineering Division, their Human
Factors Group/Team at the Tech Center, the Simulation and Analysis
Group, ATO En Route and Oceanic Services and Mitre\'s Center for
Advanced Aviation System Development. The meeting focused on project and
capability presentations, human-in-the-loop simulation demonstrations
and discussions.

Dr. John Bakuckas from Operations Planning R&D recently presented the
opening plenary lecture at the 9th International Fatigue Congress
(Atlanta, GA). His presentation, "Fatigue Studies of a Retired B727
Commercial Airliner," summarized the major results from a joint FAA -
Delta Air Lines research effort. The research focused on developing
procedures and data for detailed inspections, destructive teardown
evaluation, and extended fatigue testing of high time, high-usage
aircraft for guidelines to develop, assess, and approve programs for
continued airworthiness.

In addition, R&D researchers, led by Dr. Bakuckas, recently completed
extended fatigue testing on a fuselage panel removed from a retired
passenger commercial airliner using the FAA's Full-Scale Aircraft
Structural Test Evaluation and Research facility. Researchers removed
the fuselage structure, which was susceptible to widespread fatigue
damage (WFD), from a Boeing 727 airplane near its design service goal of
60,000 flight cycles. Results from this test will provide key data to
enable calibration and validation of predictive methodologies for
structural fatigue including widespread fatigue damage assessments. In
addition, the results will serve as a test bed to evaluate the
sensitivity and effectiveness of standard and emerging nondestructive
inspection to detect small cracks hidden in built-up structural joints.

Dr. Terry Allard took over the duties of program manager for Operations
Planning R&D's Human Factors Research and Engineering on June 11. He
previously served as NASA\'s Associate Director of Human System Research
and Technology in the Space Exploration Systems Directorate, and as
Chief of the Human Factors Research and Technology Division at NASA
Ames. Allard holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and Brain Science from MIT.

Glen Gallaway, Operations Planning Human Factors and Research and
Engineering Group, attended the International Ergonomics Association\'s
2006 World Congress (Maastricht, Netherlands). He presented a paper,
\"Linking Organizational, Managerial, Administrative, and Financial
Business Issues to Human Factors Science.\" He also organized and
chaired a panel session, \"WE Have What THEY Need, Macroergonomics! How
To Market IT To Them\" with a number of Sociotechnical world experts
discussing how human factors can better support large scale system
development. He also served as a closing plenary session presenter in
the areas of organizational, managerial, and system integration topics.

Jim Patterson, Operations Planning's Airport Safety Technology R&D
program, conducted a nighttime evaluation of a prototype airport beacon
constructed of light emitting diodes (LEDs) versus a traditional
incandescent light bulb at the Hammonton Municipal Airport (Hammonton,
NJ). Patterson and his team have been actively researching LEDs for
possible replacements to existing airport visual aids, as they offer
significant savings in power consumption, and a longer life expectancy.

In a recent report, Operations Planning R&D addressed concerns about the
fire safety implications of shipping packaged meals with self-heating
capability, originally developed for the military. Fire safety
researcher Steve Summer documented this research in technical note
DOT/FAA/AR-TN06/18, "The Fire Safety Hazard of the Use of Flameless
Ration Heaters Onboard Commercial Aircraft." This research examined the
potential hazard associated with the use of flameless ration heaters in
an aircraft cabin and with the accidental activation of them in a
confined area aboard an aircraft, such as in overhead storage bins or a
cargo compartment. Researchers performed tests with individual Meals
Ready-to-Eat containing flameless heaters, in an open environment; and
multiple Meals Ready-to-Eat, in a confined space, to examine their
potential hazard. Temperatures in excess of 215°F and violent ignition
events were observed. It is evident from the tests performed that the
release of hydrogen gas from these flameless ration heaters is of a
sufficient quantity to pose a potential hazard onboard a passenger
aircraft.

The International Aircraft Materials Fire Test Working Group, chaired
and administered by Operations Planning's R&D's Fire Safety R&D program,
recently met (Costa Mesa, CA). FAA fire research manager, Richard Hill,
hosted the meeting, which was attended by more than 150 people and
generated considerable interest because of FAA work to improve the
reproducibility of the fire test burner that is specified for the
relatively new regulation on thermal acoustic insulation burnthrough
resistance. In addition, the FAA is developing a replacement burner with
improved control of fuel and airflow that was designed to eliminate any
components from a specific supplier. Other topics presented and
discussed included insulation radiant panel test, seat cushion test
round robin, new electrical wiring and ducting tests, contamination and
planned Ohio State University heat release round robin tests.

Operations Planning R&D Human Factors researchers, lead by Dr. Earl
Stein, recently evaluated the initial test bed of the Display System
Replacement (DSR), En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM), and Future
En Route Workstation (FEWS) environments in preparation for a simulation
planned for September-December 2006. The FEWS concepts provide
controllers with an environment that integrates automation functions and
attempts to extend controllers\' ability to manage traffic levels
projected for the 2015 timeframe and beyond.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) held a meeting of
the Meteorological Data Link Study Group (METLINKSG) (Montreal, Canada).
These annual meetings present the FAA with an opportunity to demonstrate
leadership in the provision of global meteorological services through
the development of international standards and recommended practices.
These standards and practices are documented in ICAO Annex 3 on
Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation. Richard
Heuwinkel, Manager, Operations Planning, NAS Weather Planning and
Requirements Group, is the U.S. Representative for the METLINKSG. Mr.
Heuwinkel and several subject matter experts will present over 15 U.S.
position papers. The papers have been coordinated with several
government agencies and external aviation user groups.

The Technical Center recently awarded a Research Grant to South Dakota
State University to study the impact of long term operational use of
Aviation Grade Ethanol on aircraft maintenance and engine service
intervals.

The Technical Center has entered into a Cooperative Agreement with
George Washington University for the study of non-linear finite element
analysis, and methods development, for containment of aircraft engine
failure.

Operations Planning R&D's Airport and Aircraft Safety R&D Division has
signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL) Control Science Division to conduct flight tests of
sense and avoid technologies developed by the AFRL for unmanned aircraft
systems (UAS). The joint flight tests are scheduled to begin in late
October, and the objective of this program is to demonstrate the
feasibility of technologies that will provide UAS with the ability to
sense conflicting aircraft, determine if there is a collision hazard,
and autonomously maneuver to avoid mid-air and near mid-air collisions.
The AFRL will provide a surrogate aircraft to simulate UAS flights and
the FAA will provide airplanes to fly as cooperative and non-cooperative
intruding aircraft. The Flight Test Group and the Engineering
Development Services Division at the Tech Center also will support
research initiatives under this MOA.

Operations Planning R&D's Dr. Kelli Willshire (NASA Langley R&D Field
Office) will chair a session at the 25th Congress of the International
Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (Hamburg, Germany).

Operations Planning R&D Director Joan Bauerlein was an invited speaker
at the Airports Conference of the Americas on September 12 (Willemstad,
Curacao), where she discussed innovative R&D airport technology
solutions to improve airport safety.

Joan Bauerleinalso will host the fall meeting of the FAA Research,
Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC). Established in
1989, the REDAC advises the Administrator on research and development
issues and coordinates the FAA\'s research, engineering and development
activities with industry and other government agencies. The committee
considers aviation research needs in air traffic services, airport
technology, aircraft safety, aviation security, human factors, and
environment and energy. Administrator Marion Blakey and key FAA
executives, such as Peggy Gilligan, Deputy Associate Administrator for
Aviation Safety, are expected to attend the meeting

In addition, Joan Bauerlein, along with human factors specialist, Dr.
Tom McCloy, will participate on panels at the AIAA Aviation Technology,
Integration and Operations Conference (Wichita, KS).

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34\. Airbus 380

By Holly Baker

**John Croft**, a free-lance writer, was given a demonstration of the
computer simulations conducted at the Technical Center for San
Francisco, JFK and Memphis International Airports to help them address
issues associated with the introduction of the Airbus A380 into
commercial service. Arrivals and departures to and from runways,
taxiways and gates were simulated to address the potential impact of the
size, wingspan and other aspects of the new large aircraft at each
airport. The presenters were **Jennifer Morris** and **Joe Richie** of
the Tech Center's Modeling & Analysis Sub-team.

In addition, Croft met with **Gordon Hayhoe** at the Tech Center's
National Airport Pavement Test Facility, where six-wheel landing gear
configuration testing is now underway and work was conducted that is
associated with design standards for the A380. Look for a story on this
visit in the October issue of *Airport* magazine, which is published by
the American Association of Airport Executives.

Click on the following link to read their online article titled Runway
Safety in the October issue of Airport magazine, which is published by
the American Association of Airport Executives:
http://www.aaae.org/news/100_Airport_Magazine/100_Current_Issue/

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35\. Tech Center Helps Save Aircraft

An innovative runway arrestor designed in part by the FAA Technical
Center in Atlantic City, N.J., has again prevented an overrun incident
from becoming a serious accident.\
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When a landing aircraft overruns the end of a runway there can be
disastrous results; the aircraft may run into a body of water, busy
highway or nearby residential area.

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  **A Gemini Cargo McDonald Douglas 11 stopped by EMAS at JFK
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Although the FAA now requires a safety area of 1000 extra feet beyond
the end of the runway, many older airports do not have the physical real
estate needed to build additional length at the end of a runway.

One solution is called a "Soft Ground" arrestor, a bed of
jet-blast-resistant cellular cement blocks placed at the end of a runway
to decelerate an overrunning aircraft in an emergency.

Such an emergency occurred July 17 when a Dassault Falcon 900 business
jet was landing on Runway 01 at Greenville, S.C. Downtown Airport. The
aircraft experienced a brake system malfunction and overran the runway,
but it was safely brought to a controlled stop within 100 feet of the
threshold. There were no injuries among the two-man crew and three
passengers, and no significant damage to the aircraft was reported
thanks to the engineered material arresting system.

Over the past decade the Technical Center, in cooperation with
Engineered Systems, Co. of Aston, Pa., has conducted research into the
design and effectiveness of EMAS. Research began with the development of
a mathematical model to predict the factors associated with an
overrunning aircraft. In 1996, full scale testing was used to
successfully validate the model.

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EMAS is now considered a proven technology and has been installed at
more than 15 locations throughout the United States, with several more
in the planning and design phase. Even before last month's save at
Greenville, EMAS has demonstrated its capabilities with four previous
safe decelerations of overrunning aircraft.\
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In May 1999, a Saab 340 commuter aircraft overran the runway into the
EMAS at JFK International Airport. In December 2002, EMAS safely
arrested an overrunning Pacific Jet Gulfstream II at Burbank Airport in
California. In May of 2003, an overrunning Gemini Cargo MD-11 was safely
decelerated at JFK International Airport. And in January 2005, a Boeing
747 cargo plane overran runway 04R at JFK International Airport and was
safely decelerated about 300 ft into the EMAS. In all cases, serious
damage to the aircraft was averted and there were no injuries to
passengers on board.\
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Above all, these accidents highlight the importance of the work done by
the FAA Air Traffic Organization in aircraft and airport safety research
and development.

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36\. FAA-Flying Physicians Seminar

By Barbara Harris-Para

Recently, the Technical Center conducted an all-day seminar in the
auditorium for the Flying Physicians organization, thanks to **Eileen
Iandola**, Aviation Safety Program Manager, Philadelphia Flight
Standards Office.

Approximately 50 individuals from a three-state area attended the
seminar, which covered various topics from aircraft icing to medical
conditions that would affect a pilot's medical standings. **Dr. Dara
Parvez**, an Ocean County oncologist, covered several topics dealing
with aviation physiology and survival.

**Chris Dumont** of the Tech Center presented his research findings on
icing during flight on general aviation aircraft. A Crew Resource
Management DVD titled "An Approach to System Safety" was one of the
topics covered during the daylong event.

Thanks to the Tech Center's Advanced Imaging Division, room scheduling
group, the Tech Center's Security Operations Center, the security guards
who screened the attendees, the folks who prepared the delicious meals
and the volunteer safety counselors. In addition, Eileen Iandola
deserves a lot of credit for all her efforts to keep programs like this
one interesting and informative for the general flying public.

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37\. Credits:

William J. Hughes Technical Center

"Inside the Fence"

Technical Center Director

Dr. Wilson N. Felder

# Acting Program Director,

**Office of Organizational Excellence**

Maudie M. Powell

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## Editor

Stan Ciurczak

## Assistant Editor

Pete Castellano

# Writers

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Stan Ciurczak

Ginger Cairnes

Mary Lou Dordan

Jay Fox

Deborah Germak

Barbara Harris-Para

Rick Ozmore

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