Thales

Philippe Gaultier

Thierry Ganille

Pierre-Yves Dumas

The invention relates to a method for validating at least one position stored in a database of an aircraft comprising a satellite positioning system, the database containing at least one radionavigation beacon position, a runway threshold position, and a displaced runway threshold position on a runway, on which the aircraft is intended to land, the validation of said at least one position comprising a consistency check between at least:

Method for validating at least one predetermined position data stored in an aircraft database, associated computer program and device

The general field of the invention is that of methods for representing a rate of turn indicator for an aircraft implemented by an on-board avionics system. The method includes a step of graphically representing on a visualization device a symbol called 'aeroplane model', said graphic representation being a function of the specific speed of the aircraft and of its angle of inclination. In a favored embodiment, said aeroplane model includes two straight arms interlinked by a common point and inclined to the horizontal symmetrically in such a way as to form an inverted V. The angle of inclination of the two arms of the V is proportional to the specific speed of the aircraft, the coefficient of proportionality being determined in such a way that when the specific speed and the angle of inclination correspond to values compatible with the standard rate, said arm is parallel to the horizon line, thus indicating that the aircraft is carrying out its turn at the standard rate.

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Saint Aubin De Medoc, France

Philippe Gaultier