Summer Meeting 2012

FPAW Summer Meeting (August 8, 2012)
NTSB  Conference Center – Washington, D.C. Beneath L’Enfant Plaza Promenade

Sponsored by  National Business Aviation Association and the National Center for Atmospheric Research

8:00 – 8:15 – Welcome and Logistics – Bruce Carmichael, John Kosak, Don Eick

8:15 – 8:45 – Keynote – Chris Hart, Vice-Chairman - NTSB

8:45 – 9:00 – Introduction to FPAW – Warren Qualley – Harris Corporation

9:00 – 10:30 – Concept of Operations for NextGen Weather – Rick Heuwinkel - FAA

  • Paradigm Shift on Weather Information – 15 minutes (Paul Fontaine – FAA) 
  • Update on 4-D Weather Data Cube – 10 minutes (Jason Tuell – NWS) 
  • NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP) – 10 minutes (Guillermo Sotelo – FAA)
  • Overview of FAA Service Analysis Process - 5 minutes (Stewart Stepney – FAA)
  • Examples of Service Analysis for Weather Information – 15 minutes (Mike Robinson – AvMet)
  • FAA Process for ConOps Development – 10 minutes (Michele Merkle – FAA)
  • Examples of ConOps Developed for FAA – 15 minutes (Mark Huberdeau – Mitre)
  • RTCA ConUse for AIS and MET Information – 10 minutes (Tim Rahmes - Boeing, Ernie Dash - AvMet)

10:30 – 12:30 - ATM/Weather Integration – Steve Abelman – FAA

  • Weather Integration Overview Summer and Fall Sessions – 3 minutes (Steve Abelman – FAA)
  • FAA Weather Integration Program and Strategy – 10 minutes (Ray Moy – FAA)
  • TBFM/Weather Integration Project at Daytona Testbed – 5 minutes (Bob Avijan –Lockheed)
  • MITRE ATM Weather Integration Work – 10 minutes – (Matt Fronzak - MITRE)
  • Integration Topic TBD – 5 minutes (Don Berchoff – Unisys)
  • NWS Weather Research for NextGen and Aviation Products from GOES-R – 10 minutes – (Jason Levitt – NWS HDQ)
  • Digital Grids for Aviation – 5 minutes – (Cammye Sims – NWS HDQ)

12:30– 1:30 – Aviation Weather Training – Rick Heuwinkel - FAA

  • Introduction to Session, Need for Training Evaluation – 10 minutes (Rick Heuwinkel - FAA)
  • Traffic Flow Management Training – 15 minutes (Joe Dotterer, Kevin Johnston – FAA)
  • Jacksonville Center Training for Traffic Management – 10 minutes (Phil Bassett – FAA)
  • Changes in Weather Training Over the Last Decade – 10 minutes (Barbara Walton – FAA retired)
  • NWS Efforts to Improve Aviation Weather Training – 10 minutes (Cyndie Abelman – NWS)
  • Summary of Session – 5 minutes (John McCarthy – Aviation Weather Associates)

1:30 – 3:45 – Surface Observations – Roger Sultan - FAA

  • Introduction - 1 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
  • ASOS/Fed AWOS/Non-Fed AWOS overview from FAA - 8 minutes (Paul Armbruster - FAA)
  • Non-Fed AWOS Overview from Vaisala - 8 minutes (Kevin Petty - Vaisala)
  • AWOS AV to WMSCR - Belfort - 8 minutes (Ralph Petragnani - Belfort)
  • AWOS AV to WMSCR - FAA - 8 minutes (Maura McGrath - FAA)
  • AWOS AV for part 135 Ops - 5 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
  • Source Information for Surface Winds - 8 minutes (Paul Armbruster - FAA)
  • ASOS Enhancements (winter weather/LWE) - 8 minutes (Mark GunzlemanAvMet/FAA)
  • AFS research on ASOS/AWOS visibility equivalencies to RVR - 5 minutes (Roger Sultan - FAA)
  • The User Perspective - 15 minutes (Melissa McCaffrey (pdf) (AOPA), Randy Baker (UPS))
  • NWS Non-Government nontraditional sources - 8 minutes (Curtis Marshall – NWS)
  • Right sizing the FAA network - 8 minutes (Victor Passetti - FAA) 
  • Future Applications from the Industry Perspective - 5 minutes (Ralph Petragnani - Belfort)
  • Future Applications from the Industry Perspective - 5 minutes (Kevin Petty - Vaisala) 

3:45 – 4:15 - Quantifying Benefits of Aviation Weather Support – Rick Curtis – SWA

Event Type
Spring/Summer