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  • Safer recovery from difficult flight conditions
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    Aircraft are very safe, but unexpected, extremely difficult flight conditions do happen. Up to now, no simulator has been able to give pilots training that could prepare them realistically for situations like these. The SUPRA project has succeeded in building a flight simulator to train pilots for harsh conditions.
  • Are in-vehicle technologies improving road safety?
    As technology advances, vehicle manufacturers are incorporating more and more gadgets such as cell phones, satellite navigators and in-car video systems into vehicles. But what are the effects of these in-vehicle technologies (IVTs) on road safety? Ten European research partners are trying to determine how safe they really are.

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  • What the European Commission is funding: all project synopses

    The project synopses offer descriptions of all transport projects funded by the European Commission under the Framework Programmes. They are searchable in many ways, including by theme, by participant, and by funding instrument.

    Projects from recent calls may not yet be available in print, but can be found online on Cordis. FP7 (2007 - 2013) Sustainable surface transport research P...