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7579966 |
Dual-axis loadmeter
The present invention is directed to a computerized system that includes a graphical user interface (GUI) having a display and a data input device. The computerized system performs a method...
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7561067 |
Airspeed / wind speed measurement device for aircraft, and display device for same
A measurement system for an aircraft having the three-axis components of the airspeed of the aircraft, the three-axis components of the wind speed currently encountered by the aircraft, and the...
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7557735 |
Predictive and reactive windshear detection system and method
A method of detecting a windshear hazard on aircraft is disclosed. The method includes determining a first wind velocity of the aircraft at the location of the aircraft using a wind velocity...
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7451059 |
True azimuth and north finding method and system
A method and a system are recited for obtaining a true azimuth heading for correcting a coarse azimuth heading measured from an observation position to a specific selected target by operating a...
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7411519 |
System and method for predicting and displaying wake vortex turbulence
A circuit and method for predicting an intersection of a host aircraft flight path with the wake vortex of another aircraft.
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7394402 |
Tailwind alerting system to prevent runway overruns
Systems, methods and computer program products for alerting a flight crew during landing that the tailwind exceeds acceptable limits. The system determines a base tailwind threshold speed for a...
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7324002 |
Outdoor computer
A method for implementing a weather alarm in an outdoor computer includes defining atmospheric-pressure data repeatedly, defining altitude data repeatedly and essentially simultaneously with the...
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7081834 |
Aviation weather awareness and reporting enhancements (AWARE) system using a temporal-spatial weather database and a Bayesian network model
An Aviation Weather Awareness and Reporting Enhancements (AWARE) system provides situational awareness by effectively filtering, analyzing and visualizing aviation weather data and specific hazard...
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7009531 |
System for aurally monitoring aeronautical information while in flight
A system and a method for providing a continuous, semi-continuous and/or repetitive aural signal to an aircraft pilot indicative of a difference between a set value and an actual value for one or...
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RE38925 |
Automatic weather monitoring and adaptive transmitting system
A method for automatically providing weather advisories for an airport to pilots comprises monitoring weather conditions at the airport and then generating weather advisories in response to these...
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6970107 |
Flight situation presentation system and method
A flight situation presentation system displays a large majority of the information required for piloting an aircraft in an enhanced manner to reduce potential for misinterpretation and instances...
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6963291 |
Dynamic wake prediction and visualization with uncertainty analysis
A dynamic wake avoidance system utilizes aircraft and atmospheric parameters readily available in flight to model and predict airborne wake vortices in real time. A novel combination of algorithms...
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6828923 |
Airborne microwave/infrared wind shear and clear air turbulence detector
A system ( 24 ) for detecting an air disturbance in front of an aircraft ( 10 ) has a controller ( 26 ) that is coupled to an image detector ( 40 ). Image detector ( 40 ) generates an image signal...
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6828922 |
Synthetic airborne hazard display
A system and method for downlinking weather data, generated by existing weather and data sensors, to a ground station. The ground station utilizes data from multiple aircraft to form refined...
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6700482 |
Alerting and notification system
An alerting and/or notification system for operator(s) of a vehicle about conditions that affect the operation of the vehicle. The system collects information from one or more hazard warning...
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6683541 |
Vertical speed indicator and traffic alert collision avoidance system
A method and device for deriving and displaying advanced TCAS information.
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6653947 |
Apparatus for the display of weather and terrain information on a single display
A display system having a display screen for graphical display of data, a graphics processor for receiving data from at least a terrain data base and data from a weather radar and for converting...
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6591171 |
Autonomous landing guidance system
An aircraft guidance system uses radar imaging to verify airport and runway location and provide navigation updates. The system is applicable to flight operations in low visibility conditions.
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6563432 |
Aircraft docking system and method with automatic checking of apron and detection of fog or snow
A system for detecting, identifying and docking aircraft using laser pulses to obtain a profile of an object in the distance initially scans the area in front of the gate until it locates and...
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6531967 |
Aircraft disturbed air direct sensing system
Airspeed direct sensing transducer apparatus in a system where fast response gust sensors are aircraft wing mounted, each gust sensor mounted on opposite wing halves feeding the absolute value of...
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6188330 |
Windshear detection system
A method and apparatus for detecting in situ windshear on-board an aircraft that utilizes parameters provided by standard on-board Air Data, Flight Management, and Stall Detection Systems. No...
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6177888 |
Wake turbulence warning and caution system and method
A wake turbulence warning and caution system and method for a protected aircraft tracks and stores a trajectory of a wake trailing behind a nearby aircraft and adjusts the wake position for the...
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6127944 |
Integrated hazard avoidance system
A hazard alert device for aircraft prioritizes various alerts according to predefined criteria. The device enables more optional alerting of hazardous conditions than a system of separate...
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6062076 |
Ultrasonic monitoring method and system for wake turbulence useful at runways
Two techniques for detecting vortices and their associated circulation are disclosed. The first is termed a closed path configuration, and the second is termed the dual path configuration. These...
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6061612 |
Aircraft flight management system
A process for managing air speed of an aircraft in flight. The method includes a first step of determining a point on the flight path at which it is theoretically possible to comply with a required...
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6043756 |
Aircraft weather information system
A system and method for downlinking weather data, generated by existing weather and data sensors, to a ground station. The ground station utilizes data from multiple aircraft to form refined...
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5986582 |
Helicopter rotor/engine warning system
A two-stage alarm for a rotary wing aircraft, such as a helicopter which operates on a collective control arm. A moveable mass or weight is operatively connected to the collective control arm. The...
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5936552 |
Integrated horizontal and profile terrain display format for situational awareness
A visual display format for a terrain situational awareness system comprising a horizontal terrain elevation view and a profile terrain elevation view of potential terrain hazards integrated onto a...
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5864307 |
Aircraft terrain advisory system
A terrain advisory system for an aircraft (A) comprises a processor (11) which compares terrain information, accessed from a memory (13) according to data from a navigation system (12), with...
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5852237 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the side slip of a low observable aircraft
An apparatus and method for measuring airflow past an aircraft by extending a probe (14) from the aircraft into the airflow with a retraction-extension mechanism (20) when a measurement is desired,...
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5686908 |
Wind shear detector with slow shear bias
A wind shear detector provides an alert to the pilot of an aircraft upon the occurrence of a sustained low-level increasing performance shear if the shear occurs for a sufficiently long period of...
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5657009 |
System for detecting and viewing aircraft-hazardous incidents that may be encountered by aircraft landing or taking-off
A system and method for detecting and viewing aircraft hazardous incidents such as flying aircraft and meteorological phenomena which includes microbursts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and the wake...
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5612667 |
In-vehicle barometric pressure detection system
In a vehicular warning system for sensing the approach of severe weather, a pressure sensor generates a first signal representative of the barometric pressure. A computer, coupled to the pressure...
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5541591 |
Method and apparatus for measuring and calibration of turbulence
A sensor that transmits data in response to detecting turbulence. The sensor is located somewhere within an aircraft. A modification circuit is connected to the sensor. This modification circuit...
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5493293 |
Method and apparatus for reducing false wind shear alerts
A wind shear detection and alert system, compensated for the calibrated airspeed of the aircraft to minimize nuisance wind shear alerts. The wind shear detection and alert system (10) determines a...
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5367460 |
Method of signalling insufficient maneuverability of an aircraft and device implementing such a method
Method for signalling insufficient maneuverability of an aircraft according to which: in a preparatory phase: with the aid of a plurality of N flight configurations, the weighting coefficients...
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5361065 |
Windshear guidance system
A windshear guidance system for guiding an aircraft during a microburst windshear is provided. This system includes a time comparison subassembly, an airspeed comparison subassembly and a pitch...
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5359330 |
Microburst precursor detection utilizing microwave radar
A microburst precursor detector samples radar returns from meteorological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a statistical manner to determine average radar reflectivity...
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5351045 |
Low-level wind-shear alert system
The apparatus of the present invention improved low-level wind shear alert system that provides an improved method of identifying the presence and locus of wind shear in a predefined area. This...
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5285070 |
Air turbulence detector
Apparatus for remotely sensing changes in the spatial temperature profile of a column of atmospheric air includes (a) collecting means for receiving the thermal radiation from a column of...
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5281815 |
Method of determining the humidity and temperature of atmospheric air
A method is provided for determining the humidity and temperature of atmospheric air at selected distances along a field of view by passive IR spectrometry. An IR spectrometer is provided. A...
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5276326 |
Scanning ranging radiometer for weather hazard surveillance
An advance in-flight windshear detection system which utilizes a scanning mirror to direct infrared energy located in a three dimensional space in front of the aircraft which is divided into a...
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5262782 |
Microburst precursor detector
A microburst precursor detector utilizes a multiplicity of radar beams and samples radar returns, in each beam, from meteorological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a...
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5262773 |
Method and apparatus for microburst and wake turbulence detection for airports
A method and apparatus for detecting specialized meteorological conditions such as a microburst and also the wind condition generated behind an aircraft known as wake turbulence. The method and...
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5221924 |
Wind shear alert system
A wind shear alert system for low level horizontal wind shears is disclosed. The wind shear alert system is based upon a network of remote sensor stations placed near runways throughout the...
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5220322 |
Ground proximity warning system for use with aircraft having egraded performance
Performance of an aircraft ground proximity warning system can be improved, especially where the performance of the aircraft itself has been degraded by a factor such as wind shear, by extending...
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5153588 |
Warning system having low intensity wind shear enhancements
A ground proximity warning system for aircraft having flight path angle based warning criteria generates a warning in the event of an excessively steep flight path angle during an approach to a...
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RE34082 |
Variable threshold wind shear warning system
An improved wind shear warning system for aircraft. A wind shear signal representing wind shear as modified by the downdraft drift angle of the aircraft is used to provide a warning signal when the...
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5130712 |
Microburst precursor detector utilizing microwave radar
A microburst precursor detector utilizes a multiplicity of radar beams and samples radar returns, in each beam, from meterological radar signal reflectors and processes the signal returns in a...
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5119091 |
Method and apparatus for adjusting windshear warning threshold
A windshear warning system having an adjustable threshold to avoid triggering nuisance windshear alerts wherein the magnitude and duration of the shear are not sufficient to endanger an aircraft...
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