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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Raymond Jacques Gérard Berlioz, Salon-de-Provence, FR;
Vincent Frédéric Saintagne, Velaux, FR;
Joël Christian Roger Astruc, Puyricard, FR;
Eurocopter, Marignane Cedex, FR;
Abstract
A combined altitude and height-above-ground indicator for an aircraft enables the altitude and the height of an aircraft to be displayed simultaneously. The combined indicator includes a first sensor and a second sensor which respectively sense altitude and height above ground, means for processing the information supplied by the first and second sensors, and means for displaying the sensed altitude and height-above-ground information by superimposing the altitude and height-above-ground information on the same scale against a pointer. The scale includes a transparent first part which represents a pressure-altitude display, and a second part which is a mask positioned under the first part so that it masks the background of the indicator for altitude levels which are below the measured height above ground. An advantage of the indicator is the ability to incorporate into an altimetric indicator adjusted by a pilot a device capable of warning the pilot of an abnormal situation such as unintentional closeness to the ground as a result of poor altimeter adjustment.