Airbus (sas)

Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Corporation

Alain Fontaine

Christophe Cros

Christophe Bernus

Jean Redon

Thomas Boisson

Nathalie Esteve

Cécile Poret

Andrei Bulancea

Bernus Christophe

A device measures a flight parameter of an aircraft which has a radome. Systems measure the deformation of a wall of the radome due to forces exerted by the air on the radome. A computer computes the flight parameter from deformation measurements obtained by the systems. The systems have an optical fiber carried by the radome provided with Bragg gratings. Each fiber has a plurality of Bragg gratings distributed over a length of the fiber so as to distribute the Bragg gratings over the radome when the fiber is installed.

Flight parameter measuring device with optical deformation sensors carried by the radome of an aircraft

An emergency beacon is configured to replace of one or more navigation lamps installed on an aircraft, which has a fuselage with an outer face, on which is fixed a second interface, on which such a navigation lamp is typically disposed; the emergency beacon includes a base, which has a first interface configured to cooperate with the second interface of the aircraft to fix the base onto the outer face of the fuselage; a casing with a control unit, a radio transmitter for transmitting a distress signal, and a detector to detect abnormal aircraft behavior; and a fixing structure to take up a fixation position, ensuring the casing is fixed to the base, or a separation position, in which it does not ensure the casing is fixed to the base; the transition from fixation position to separation position is controlled by the control unit when an abnormal behavior is detected.

Aircraft comprising at least one emergency beacon, and such an emergency beacon

Growing community of inventors

Toulouse, France

Alain Fontaine