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US 2012/0072098 A1Published application
Managing Fuel in Aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsLuigi Peter Righi, Mark A. Talbot, Gregory Mark Wellbrook, John Lyttle, Fred Austin, Douglas Olie Nelson
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing aircraft. Data about components for the aircraft is identified. Fuel efficiency of the aircraft is identified using the data about the components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft. The model of the aircraft identifies fuel use. The aircraft is managed using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
Claims20
A method for managing an aircraft, the method comprising:
- identifying data about components for the aircraft;
- identifying fuel efficiency of the aircraft using the data about the components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft, wherein the model of the aircraft identifies fuel use;
- and
- managing the aircraft using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
1 more element
An apparatus comprising:
- a computer system;
- a process configured to run on the computer system, wherein the process is configured to identify fuel efficiency of an aircraft using data about components for the aircraft and a model of the aircraft, wherein the model of the aircraft identifies fuel use;
- and manage the aircraft using the fuel efficiency identified for the aircraft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.