Microcomputer Application of Aerospace Asset Surface Search Planning.
Abstract
This thesis tackles the most time-consuming and complicated type of search and recovery planning -- calculating the approximate surface position of an aerospace object which has been affected over time by glide or parachutes winds aloft, as well as surface current winds, leeway drift, and sea current vectors. They have been tested on a small, portable 64K memory, Z-80A processor-based microcomputer (Osborne One), a Convergent Technologies C-3 Data System, and a Digital Equipment Corporation VAX 11-780 mainframe. Search and Rescue/Recovery (SAR) in the United States is based on the humanitarian principle which compels people to render aid to those in distress. Search planning guidelines and formulae to help locate persons in distress or missing aerospace objects are described in the National Search and Rescue Manual (AFM 84-2). This method has not been previously implemented for microcomputers in a compiled, transportable programming language like Pascal. The reader must have a solid understanding of SAR method before using this software package to assist in making decisions where human life is at risk. Originator-supplied keywords include: Coast Guard, Computer applications, Microcomputer Pascal, and Search and Rescue.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA151833
Entities
People
- D. R. Douglas
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology