Thales

Jean-Christophe Jaillant

François Coulmeau

Olivier Friedmann

A method of generating a flight plan including a number N-1 of segments SG, i being an integer number between 2 and N. Segment SGlinks an auxiliary departure position to an auxiliary arrival position according to a route. The route is a straight line defined by a list of auxiliary route positions. Each route is stored in a database onboard the aircraft. The method includes a coupled determination of an auxiliary arrival position that is part of the auxiliary positions of at least one of the routes and of a route followed by the segment SG. The coupled determination is produced from an auxiliary departure position and a route R, followed by the segment SG.

Method of generating an aircraft flight plan

The invention relates to an aircraft navigation aid method. It comprises steps of computing a feeler line ground path that the aircraft would follow if a turn at the maximum rate applicable to the current flight phase of the aircraft were to begin at that instant, and displaying on a navigation screen the feeler line and a ground path to be captured, in order to determine how to place the aircraft in a turn in order to optimize the capture of the path to be captured

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Tournefeuille, France

Jean-Christophe Jaillant