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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Michael L. Gibbons, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Michael L. Gibbons, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Aircraft indicator equipment for enabling pilots to maintain awareness of surrounding mountains, buildings, or other geographical features from which an aircraft must maintain a safe distance is disclosed. When flying an instrument approach to a location of interest (a location of interest including an airport, a runway, a landing zone, etc.), airborne GPS receivers display data regarding a course to an airport which may include an indicator line representative of a course to be flown to the location of interest, a bearing and distance to the location of interest, or a representation of nearby terrain and an alert may be generated should the pilot deviate from the course or fly too near the terrain. Accordingly the disclosure relates to terrain awareness and warning aircraft indicator equipment.