Aircraft avoidance system for prohibiting an aircraft from entering an exclusion zone
OwnerCraig Anthony Kenny, Gary John Rushton +1inventors
InventorsCraig Anthony Kenny, Gary John Rushton, Gregory John Litster
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an avoidance system and method for directing an aircraft away from an exclusion zone. The exclusion zone may be any three dimensional space for example about a building or city. The avoidance system uses a constant signal from a ground based transmitter and an aircraft's receiver which receives and processes the signal and activates the avoidance system by engaging the flight director system or autopilot to steer away from the exclusion zone.
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An avoidance system for steering an aircraft away from an exclusion zone including
- transmitter means for transmitting a signal to the aircraft, said signal includes transmitter means identification and exclusion zone information;
- aircraft receiver means for receiving and processing said signal, said aircraft receiver means being operationally associated with a flight director system which is programmed to control and steer the aircraft;
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- a self checking means including a low power beacon installed on the aircraft
- wherein when a transmitter means signal is received and processed by the aircraft receiver means, the flight director system is engaged in accordance with said aircraft's flight profile and processed exclusion zone information to control and steer the aircraft away from the exclusion zone;
- wherein the self checking means periodically transmits a signal to the aircraft receiver means, and has means for receiving and processing said signals to determine operational state of the avoidance system.
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