Title: Aircraft landing display system

Abstract: A landing display system for indicating to the pilot of an aircraft the relationship between his aircraft and a landing runway includes an aircraft symbol providing attitude information with respect to a reference horizon, a velocity vector indicative of the projected flight path of the aircraft, a descent profile vector indicative of the projected descent path of the aircraft, and a runway symbol in perspective to the aircraft. By reference to these displays the pilot can ascertain not only the present position of his aircraft with respect to the runway, but also the consequences of various corrective maneuvers accomplished with the aircraft.

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Inventors: Lovering, Peter (Dayton, OH)

Application Number: 06/138560
Filing Date: 1980-04-08
Publication_date: 1983-01-11
Assignee: Bunker, Ramo

Primary Class(es): 701/16 340/972, 345/419, 434/42, 73/178T, 434/43
Other Classes: G05D1/06; G05D1/00; G06F15/50; G06G7/78; G06F3/153
US Patent Ref:

3081557	March, 1963	Mailhot	434/42	Abstract visual display system
3242493	March, 1966	Westerback	434/43	Runway defining apparatus
3307191	February, 1967	Crane	731/78T	Aircraft blind landing device and flight director system
3401228	September, 1968	Barnes	434/43	Flight simulator display apparatus
3486010	December, 1969	Pressiat	364/428	BLIND FLIGHT,APPROACH AND LANDING INSTRUMENTS
3643258	February, 1972	Balding	731/78T	ELECTRONIC GENERATOR FOR CONTACT AND ANALOG AND COMMAND INFORMATION
3668622	June, 1972	Gannett et al.	340/729	FLIGHT MANAGEMENT DISPLAY
3691520	September, 1972	Nordstrom	34/27AT	MANEUVERING COMMAND DISPLAY FOR AIRCRAFT
4040005	August, 1977	Melvin	731/78T	Composite situation analyzer and instrument flight system
4055004	October, 1977	Chase	434/42	Full color hybrid display for aircraft simulators
4147056	April, 1979	Muller	731/78T	Multi-segment head-up display for aircraft

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Smith, Jerry
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Arbuckle F. M.
Hoffman, John R.

Parent Case Data:

This is a continuation-in-part of my parent application Ser. No. 887,