On-board flight management system for aircraft
AssigneeThales
InventorsChristophe Caillaud, Vincent Jacquier
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Abstract
This onboard flight management system displays on the navigation screen the plots of the flight plan parts corresponding to the navigation procedures whose names are displayed on the MCD console during the introduction by the crew of the aircraft, by means of the MCD console, of the elements allowing the FMS flight management computer to plot a flight plan. This facilitates the task of the crew when choosing navigation procedure since the plot of the flight plan part corresponding to a navigation procedure is much more expressive than the name of the procedure.
Claims3
An onboard flight management system for aircraft comprising a flight management computer coupled to a navigation database, to a navigation screen and to a data input and display console, the flight management computer ensuring the plotting of a flight plan on the basis of data introduced by means of the data input and display console, the navigation database incorporating the plotting elements necessary for the flight management computer to plot flight plan parts satisfying various navigation procedures that the aircraft may have to comply with and the data input and display console making reference to navigation procedures by way of identifiers, when a navigation procedure catalogued in the navigation database is mentioned by its identifier on the data input and display console, the flight management computer depicts on the navigation screen the corresponding plot of the flight plan part, indexed by the identifier of said navigation procedure.
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