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Aircraft flight instrument display system

US4247843A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Filing dateAug 23, 1978
Grant dateJan 27, 1981
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Expiry dateAug 23, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S116/43
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for providing an integrated display of flight instrument parameters on the screen of a single cathode ray tube is presented. The synthetically generated symbology provides the pilot with an integrated display of substantially all aircraft attitude and flight path command and control parameters including attitude and magnetic heading, barometric and radiometric attitude, vertical spread, critical take-off speeds, true airspeed and Mach airspeed, flight path angle, flight director path control commands, and mode annunciation for the flight director and automatic pilot systems.

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