by Robert A.
As I de-planed from a cross-country flight
recently with United Air Lines, I asked the captain to show me the traffic
alert and collision avoidance system (TACAS) display on his instrument panel.
During the 1980s, I had served on the team at the Dalmo Victor Division of
Lockheed to develop the TACAS. As a former military pilot, I had been selected
as one of the 23 technical employees to partner with the Sperry Phoenix
division to develop the TCAS under contract with the FAA. The captain was
pleased to share with me the benefits that had come from this system in those
30 years.
