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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexander David Selwa, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark Johnson Cutler, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Kitty Hawk Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); G05D 1/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flight-time variable associated with an aircraft is determined including by determining the flight-time variable while the aircraft is flying. It is determined whether the aircraft is airworthy based at least in part on the flight-time variable. In response to determining that the aircraft is not airworthy, the aircraft is automatically landed.