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Apparatus for guiding an aircraft along a multi-segment path when landing the craft

US3989209A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 26, 1974
Grant dateNov 2, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 26, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S1/08
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

For use with a microwave landing system of the type including a ground based station for generating a relatively wide aircraft navigational beam and airborne equipment for deriving precision azimuth, elevation, and range data therefrom, airborne equipment utilizing the data to guide the craft along a multi-segment path so that each of the segments is asymptotically captured by the craft.

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