Airbus France

Airbus Corporation

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Edward Strongman

Franck Artini

Jean-Pierre Demortier

Christophe Bouchet

Vincent Markiton

Jacques Espinasse

François Barre

An aircraft guidance system defines a main approach path and a corrected approach path, which has an extra vertical margin related to the ground over which the craft is flying as compared with a main approach path representing a category-1 precision approach. The guidance system guides the aircraft following the corrected approach path.

Method and device for assisting the flying of an aircraft during an autonomous approach

A method and device that determine characteristic angles, each characteristic angle representing the angle by which a rectilinear segment of the flight path is seen from the aircraft. A head-up screen displays characteristic signs that are representative of the characteristic angles.

Method and device for assisting in the piloting of an aircraft flying along a path with rectilinear segments

Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft. A device () for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight comprises information sources () able to determine current flight conditions, a monitoring unit () for realizing, with the aid of said current flight conditions, a function for global and autonomous monitoring of said low-altitude flight of the aircraft, making it possible to preserve the integrity of said aircraft during said flight, and means () for presenting the results of the monitoring function realized by said monitoring unit () to an operator.

Method and device for ensuring the safety of a low-altitude flight of an aircraft

A method of automatically guiding an aircraft for flight at low altitude determines an LLF (low level flight) trajectory section for following terrain to be overflown by the aircraft. The LLF trajectory section takes account of predictions of the aircraft's mass and speed and climb and descent performance. The LLF trajectory section includes an entry point and an exit point. The LLF trajectory section is integrated between a first trajectory part corresponding to a first phase of flight and a second trajectory part corresponding to a second phase of flight, by providing respectively first and second transition phases. The aircraft is automatically guided so that it successively captures, follows, and leaves the LLF trajectory section.

Method and device for automatic guidance of an aircraft, for a flight at least in part at low altitude

A method to determine, and guide an aircraft on, an intermediate trajectory between a first trajectory, for low-altitude flight, and a second trajectory, from which a tactical landing is carried out, may include determining a point of transition which lies on the first trajectory. The point of transition represents the start of the intermediate trajectory and corresponds to the point where the aircraft must exit the first flight trajectory so as to reach an initial point of the second flight trajectory, under predetermined flight conditions. Upon determining the point of transition, the aircraft is guided along the intermediate trajectory interconnecting the point of transition and the initial point of the second trajectory.

Method to determine and guide aircraft approach trajectory

A method and device for determines a safe altitude for an aircraft. The device includes a unit that determines a clear zone corresponding to a lateral area dependent on the flight of the aircraft. A unit determines the highest altitude of the ground that is located under this clear zone. A unit determines a safe altitude, by calculating the sum of the aformentioned highest altitude and a guard height.

Method and device for determining a safe altitude for an aircraft

The device () for guiding an aircraft at least over an intermediate trajectory between a first flight trajectory for a low-altitude flight and a second flight trajectory which starts at an initial point, and from which trajectory a parachute drop is carried out, comprises means () for determining a point of transition which lies on the first flight trajectory which represents the start of the intermediate trajectory, and which corresponds to the point where the aircraft must exit the first flight trajectory so as to reach the initial point under predetermined flight conditions, and means (A,B) which use the point of transition to aid the guidance of the aircraft between the first and second flight trajectories.

Method and device for guiding an aircraft for aiding parachute drops

A flight plan revision device may include a first component that determines an auxiliary flight plan corresponding to a lateral revision of the current flight plan, at least over a low altitude flight section. A second component automatically determines at least one decision point indicating the last position of the aircraft along the current flight plan where the auxiliary flight plan can still be activated, so as to allow the aircraft to overfly the terrain in complete safety by following the auxiliary flight plan under the same flight conditions as those envisaged for the current flight plan. A third component automatically presents at least the decision point to a pilot of the aircraft. And a fourth actuatable component allows a pilot to activate the auxiliary flight plan, so as to carry out the lateral revision of the current flight plan.

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Edward Strongman