This month, the FAA will begin a series of "contaminated" runway tests with a retired Boeing 727 at its William J. Hughes technical center in Atlantic City, N.J. Taxiing on 230-300-ft.-long "test strips" of 2-in.-deep "manufactured snow," created by feeding ice blocks into a gasoline-powered chipping machine, the 727 will test a variety of new technologies aimed at providing pilots more information and training to deal with compromised surfaces. In the U.S., much of the research stems from the December 2005 overrun of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 on a snow-covered runway at Chicago Midway International Airport. In Germany, the excursion of an Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 off the end of a snow-covered runway at Dusseldorf International Airport in January 2005 helped drive research and change in Europe. But despite nearly a decade of effort, runway contamination-how it is reported and how pilots plan for and respond to it-continues to be a vexing problem.
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机译:本月,美国联邦航空局(FAA)将在其位于新泽西州大西洋城的威廉·休斯(William J. Hughes)技术中心,位于新泽西州大西洋城的威廉·休斯(William J. Hughes)技术中心开始使用一架退役的波音727进行一系列的“污染”跑道测试,在230-300英尺长的2-在将深冷的“积雪”(通过将冰块供入汽油驱动的削片机中而产生)之后,727将测试多种新技术,旨在为飞行员提供更多信息和培训,以应对受损的地面。在美国,大部分研究源自2005年12月西南航空波音737-700在芝加哥中途国际机场积雪覆盖的跑道上的超车。在德国,2005年1月在杜塞尔多夫国际机场冰雪覆盖的跑道尽头的阿特拉斯航空波音747-200游览,推动了欧洲的研究和变革。但是,尽管付出了将近十年的努力,但跑道污染(如何报告跑道污染以及飞行员如何对其进行计划和应对)仍然是一个棘手的问题。
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