Airbus Operations (s.a.s.)

Airbus Operations Gmbh

Irène Hoste Ventos

Jean-Louis De Menorval

Isabelle Lacaze

Vincent Foucart

Frédéric Lemoult

Didier Zadrozynski

Sébastien Lhote

Joëlle Barthe

The inventive flight control assisting device comprises first means () for determining the actual aircraft flight conditions, second means () for determining, with the aid of said actual flight conditions and a predetermined pattern, a minimum approaching distance corresponding to a minimum distance between projections on the horizontal plane of the aircraft actual position and a touch-down point when said aircraft moves downwards and decelerates according to an optimised approach in such a way that stabilised approaching conditions are attained, and display means () for displaying at least said minimum approaching distance on a navigation screen () in the form of a first circular arc focused on a position relative to the aircraft which displays the touch-down position.

Method and device for assisting an aircraft flight control during landing approach

Growing community of inventors

Tournefeuille, France

Irène Hoste Ventos