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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
May. 29, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald H Baker, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Larry J Bowe, Phoenix, AZ (US);
William C Post, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Sperry Rand Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244189 ; 23515027 ; 343 / ;
Abstract
Control apparatus for an aircraft area navigation system provides a vertical path control signal to cause the aircraft to ascend or descend along a helical surface as the craft executes a transition laterally from the inbound course to the outbound course of a waypoint whereby the craft attains the waypoint altitude when crossing the course bisector thereof while maintaining a predetermined vertical flight path angle when steered on a predetermined lateral course transition path.