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US 2011/0254707 A1Published application
Device for aiding flight for an aircraft
AssigneeThales
InventorsThomas Landragin, Christian Nouvel
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Abstract
A device for aiding flight for an aircraft includes means for locating the localities situated in the operational area for rescue missions. The device is able to present to the crew a landmark of the positions of the localities in relation to the position of the aircraft, this landmark also indicating information connected with navigation and to flight regulations for each of the localities. The device relates to operations aircraft and more particularly rescue helicopters.
Claims11
A device for aiding flight for an aircraft comprising:
- means for reading the aircraft's navigation data;
- display means to represent the position and the current heading of the aircraft by a stationary marker in the central part of the display area;
- and
- a database containing topological and photographic information representative of the localities of a geographical area so as to display at the periphery of the central part of the display area at least one tag containing information representative of a locality and flight management information for reaching the locality, wherein at least one photographic representation and a topological representation of the destination locality and in that the said tag is positioned in the peripheral area in relation to the stationary marker in such a way that the position of the tag with respect to the stationary marker represents the position of the locality in relation to the current position of the aircraft.
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