Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Corporation

Airbus France

Armand Jacob

Fabrice Villaume

Xavier Dal Santo

Fabien Fetzmann

Pierre Coldefy

Robert Lignee

Christophe Jourdan

Vincent Blondin

Disclosed is a method and device for automatically protecting an aircraft against a hard landing. A measuring unit measures current vertical speed and current relative height of the aircraft. A first command generating unit generates first commands to act on the vertical speed of the aircraft by determining an intermediate command from the measured vertical speed and height and converting the intermediate command into turn angles. A speed calculation unit applies the first commands to control surfaces. The first commands are generated from the measured current vertical speed and height, taking into account a predetermined reference vertical speed, such that the aircraft touches down on the ground at a vertical speed not greater than the predetermined reference vertical speed.

Method and device for automatically protecting an aircraft against a hard landing

A method and device to assist in the piloting of an aircraft in a landing phase may apply a maximum braking of the aircraft if there is a risk of longitudinal departure from a runway.

Method and device to assist in the piloting of an aircraft in a landing phase

A navigation system includes a display device displaying, on a cockpit pilot display unit, a set of indications including an aircraft symbol which illustrates the position of the aircraft and a map part which represents the airport and moves in relation to the aircraft symbol according to the current position of the aircraft in the airport, the aircraft symbol fixed on the cockpit pilot display unit in a centered position in a standard display. The system also has an actuating unit for deactivating the standard display to enable the aircraft symbol to be displaced on the cockpit pilot display unit, and an actuating unit for controlling a temporary displacement of the set of indications on the cockpit pilot display unit such that the aircraft symbol displayed moves away from the centered position.

System for assisting the ground navigation of an aeroplane in an airport

Automatic take-off method and device for an airplane. The device includes a device for automatically determining, using an elevation guidance objective, a vertical piloting objective which is expressed as rate of pitch, and a device for automatically determining, using the vertical piloting objective, deflection commands for elevators of the airplane.

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Pibrac, France

Armand Jacob