PEGASAS, is not just another aviation-weather acronym—it stands for the Partnership to Enhance General Aviation Safety, Accessibility, and Sustainability, an FAA Center of Excellence for General Aviation. Amongst the long list of efforts produced by PEGASAS has been Project 4, Wx Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC), which concluded in August 2018. Project 4 collected information from weather providers and pilots to define the factors that play into weather-related accidents, and the ways that pilot alerts, decision making, and the presentation of information contributed to those factors. A demonstrator tool, WILD, was developed to show the effects of weather information latency and alerting systems, and education on using the tool was delivered as well.
Current Study on Pireps Needs Pilot Input
Key Takeaways:
- PEGASAS, an FAA Center of Excellence, conducts projects focused on enhancing general aviation safety, accessibility, and sustainability related to weather.
- Earlier efforts, like Project 4 (WTIC), analyzed factors contributing to weather-related accidents and developed demonstrator tools for weather information latency and alerting.
- Current initiatives, such as Project 33 (AWIP), aim to increase the quality and reliability of pilot reports (PIREPs) and use augmented reality for 3D weather visualization, especially in convective environments.
- Pilots are invited to participate in an ongoing online survey to help improve how technology influences PIREP use and overall weather data collection and processing.
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