Apparatus for guiding an aircraft along a multi-segment path when landing the craft
US3989209A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 1994 |
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- 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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