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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Sandel Avionics, Inc., Vista, CA (US);
Priscilla Hickey;
Gerald J. Block, Vista, CA (US);
Jim Slattery, San Diego, CA (US);
Robert J. Bleeg, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Delmar M. Fadden, Preston, WA (US);
Richard W. Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);
SANDEL AVIONICS INC., Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
A flight management system for controlling navigation of an aircraft includes a path guidance panel having at least one mode selector for allowing user selection of guidance mode in which the aircraft is to operate. The system also includes at least one display device having rendered thereon a navigational map. A computer module receives aircraft data from one or more aircraft components, at least one of the aircraft components being a guidance system. The computer module is configured to use information obtained from the guidance system to cause the display device to render on the navigational map a current flight plan path that is the aircraft is following.