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First Pilot Demonstration Plan

The first realistic VHS pilot is designed as a simulated certified access-node environment — not a live airspace deployment. It is a controlled validation pathway intended to exercise the core access, reservation, and override scenarios end-to-end.

Status. Forward-looking. The pilot environment described here is a future simulation and validation pathway. VHS is prototype-stage and does not control aircraft.

Simulation Environment

One Access Node

A single simulated certified access node representing a vertiport, airport vertiport, or equivalent approved site.

One Transition Volume

A defined 3D transition volume above the access node, used as the unit reserved, held, and released.

One Structured Aerial Corridor

A single structured corridor connecting the access node to a destination area within the simulation.

Three to Five Simulated Aircraft

A small fleet of simulated aircraft with distinct identities, schedules, and priorities — enough to exercise the core scenarios.

Operator Dashboard

The operator-facing visualization showing requests, reservations, holds, releases, and emergency events in real time.

Pilot-Facing Status Display

A pilot-side status surface mirroring the operator decisions — Requested, Held, Authorized, Released.

Scenarios Exercised

Normal Access Granted

A standard request flow where an aircraft is verified, scheduled, and authorized through the transition volume into the corridor.

Conflict Hold and Release

Two requests collide on the same transition volume. One is placed into a hold state and released after the volume clears.

Emergency Priority Override

A qualifying emergency aircraft is elevated to priority; lower-priority movement is held or delayed until the emergency event completes.

Unauthorized Access Attempt

A non-verified aircraft attempts entry. The system surfaces the unauthorized conflict in the dashboard and event log.

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