Free flight (air traffic control)
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Free flight is a developing, efficient air traffic control method that uses no centralised control (e.g. air traffic controllers). Instead, parts of airspace are reserved dynamically and automatically in a distributed way using computer communication to ensure the required separation between aircraft.
External links
- Scientific American article "Self-control in the skies" (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000B0F26-4F86-1C76-9B81809EC588EF21&pageNumber=1&catID=2)
- Wired: "Free Flight" (http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.04/es.faa.html)
- Small Aircraft Transportation Systems (SATS) project (http://sats.nasa.gov/) at NASA
- CBSNews:"Flying Cars Ready To Take Off" (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/15/60minutes/main688454.shtml)