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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2021
Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd., Lod, IL;
David Shavit, Karmei Yosef, IL;
ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES LTD., Lod, IL;
Abstract
Aviation method comprising performing a single-pilot flight of inter-continental duration T>tp=predetermined single-pilot maximal single pilot flight duration; including using pilot-in-command logic empower a single airborne pilot to pilot via an airborne man-machine interface (MMI), only for a time window W<tp, where W includes at least an initial climbing phase of duration t1 and a final descent phase of duration t3; and using pilot-in-command logic to pilot the aircraft during an intermediate cruising phase occurring between the initial climbing and final descent phases, without recourse to the airborne pilot except during an emergency, thereby to accomplish a single-pilot inter-continental flight of duration T>tp, while utilizing the human airborne pilot only for a time period W<tp.