Joby Aero, Inc.

Craig Richard Milliard

Maxime Marie Christophe Gariel

Evan Michael Wilson

Joshua Rosenkranz

Marc Francois Xavier Piette

Adam D Shelly

Ryan Thomas Olson

Travis Paul

Anna Dietrich

Joey Yaozu Zhu

Phillip Jones

Kelsey Mcquikin Bing

Systems and methods for the modification of an aircraft landing pattern through a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface provides buttons associated with flight maneuvers that, when selected, trigger an autopilot of the aircraft to perform the corresponding maneuver. The maneuvers may include a loitering maneuver such as a 360 degree maneuver, a downwind extension maneuver and a turn to base maneuver.

Traffic pattern control of UAVS and automated downwind extensions

An aircraft includes a flight plan and contingency data including a plurality of contingency landing sites. An aircraft communication system communicates with a ground control station via a communication link and detects a lost communication scenario in response to degradation in the communication link. An aircraft flight control system controls the aircraft en route according to the flight plan. In response to detecting the lost communication scenario, the flight control system routes the aircraft back to a last known location in which the communication link was not degraded. In response to failure to re-establish the communication link, the flight control system selects a landing site based on a current aircraft location relative to a plurality of potential landing sites including an origin airport, a destination airport, and a first continency landing site. The flight control system controls the aircraft to approach and land at the selected landing site.

Unmanned aircraft control using ground control station

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Craig Richard Milliard