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7502684 Method and system for the automatic piloting of an aircraft on the approach to an airdrop position  
A method of automatic piloting of an aircraft during a phase of approach to a predetermined airdrop position includes automatically applying a speed profile with decreasing speed such that the...
7428450 Method and system for using a database and GPS position data to generate bearing data  
A method and system for providing a bearing from a vehicle to a transmitting station are described. The method includes accessing a database to obtain transmitter position information for the...
6636786 Aircraft energy systems management method  
An energy systems management method includes steps of providing a hierarchically arranged, interrelated set of synoptic displays interfaced to an energy system for receiving information from and...
6577931 Delta height bias and terrain floor generators for a ground proximity warning system  
A terrain avoidance system, method and computer program product for reducing nuisance alarms. The system includes a geometric altitude component, first and second vertical safety margin generators,...
6450445 Stabilizing control apparatus for robtic or remotely controlled flying platform  
A robotic or remotely controlled flying platform ( 10 ) with reduced drag stabilizing control apparatus constructed having an air duct ( 12 ) with an air intake ( 14 ) on the top and an exhaust (...
5957412 Method and device for vertical guidance of an aircraft  
The present invention relates to a method and a device for guiding an aircraft (A) according to a prescribed vertical flight path (T). According to the invention: the vertical distance he...
5826834 Self adaptive limiter for automatic control of approach and landing  
A self adaptive limiter for use in aircraft control systems during approach and landing is disclosed. Estimated flight path angle is continuously computed during the glidepath tracking phase until...
5716032 Unmanned aerial vehicle automatic landing system  
An automatic landing system for guiding an unmanned aerial vehicle along a predetermined path to a predetermined point on the ground. The system includes an image processing means resident in the...
5590853 Aircraft control system  
An aircraft control system for computing a yaw compensated angle of attack is disclosed. The system includes an angle of attack sensor for generating a signal which represents an aircraft's angle...
5377937 Aircraft flare control system utilizing an envelope limiter  
An aircraft autoland flare control system which augments the autopilot's aircraft flare control commands in the event the aircraft exceeds defined flare envelopes, monitors aircraft longitudinal...
4488233 Path indicating apparatus of moving vehicle  
A path indicating apparatus for indicating a path so that a moving vehicle movable in the horizontal and vertical directions, such as an aircraft, may move along such a predetermined path. The...
4345310 Aircraft flight control process and device  
The present invention deals with a flight control process and device for an aircraft approach and landing. More in particular, the invention in use simulates ILS by using an infrared radiation...
4040005 Composite situation analyzer and instrument flight system  
Flight path angle is displayed relative to the aircraft reference indicator in a unique display and aircraft control system particularly useful during approach operations. Flight path angle is...
4004758 Method and apparatus for providing decelerated aircraft approach  
Method and apparatus for providing a helicopter with a decelerated approach owards a landing site. An MLS system provides the aircraft with azimuth, elevation, range and range rate information. The...
3964053 Aircraft guiding system  
1. A system adapted to guide an aircraft along a path defined by frequency modulated signals of a transmitted conical scan pattern, comprising a receiver carried by said aircraft to receive said...
3902687 Aircraft indicator system  
A tactile indicating system for aircraft includes a seat cushion provided with left and right vibrators which indicate to the pilot the deviation from a course selected via a radio navigational aid...
3875379 Terminal airways traffic control system  
A system for scheduling aircraft arrivals from cruise to touchdown, and also for scheduling departures from airport to cruise altitude; wherein space considerations are reserved to the aircraft...
3786505 SELF-CONTAINED NAVIGATION SYSTEM  
Coordinates of fixed initial and destination points and desired approach direction are stored in an on-board programmed computer which is turned on when an aircraft passes the initial point. From...
3776455 TERMINAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM  
A terminal guidance system including a heading command subsystem and a glide-slope command subsystem which develop command signals for use in guiding an aircraft or other vehicle into a preselected...
3697022 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT GUIDANCE  
A method of guiding aircraft to effect an automatic approach to a landing place in which radar waves are transmitted to be received by the flight controls of the aircraft. The radar waves are...
3620488 AIRCRAFT COMMAND MIXING DEVICE  
A system is disclosed for producing aircraft steering command signals for application to the controls of a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) or a vertical/short takeoff and landing (V/STOL)...
3361391 Gain adjustment means for beam couplers  
3345017 Automatic guidance and landing system for aircraft  
3292176 Height indicating system for aircraft  
3178134 Automatic flight control systems for aircraft  
3116899 Aircraft automatic pilot  
3098228 Navigation system  
3070336 Aircraft wheel alignment control system  
3059880 Terminal predication aircraft landing system  
3040316 Limiting circuit for an aircraft control system  
3032756 Aircraft instrument approach and landing system  
2999200 Blind landing indicator and servo-controller for aircraft  
2996706 Apparatus for computing and predicting varying conditions for aircraft guidance in landing on floating decks  
2993664 Automatic instrument landing systems for air-borne craft  
2991029 Automatic aircraft control apparatus  
2969505 Automatic control of mobile craft  
2926294 Variably damped instrument landing servosystem  
2887927 Optical control instrument  
2877967 Automatic steering mechanism for dirigible craft  
2860335 Aircraft navigation systems  
2859005 Monitoring system for aircraft auto pilots  
2817083 Aircraft navigation-aid apparatus  
2808999 Automatic flight control apparatus  
2800292 Automatic landing system  
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