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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Ken L. Snodgrass, Peoria, AZ (US);
John A. Howell, Iii, New River, AZ (US);
Robert S. Doyle, Peoria, AZ (US);
Ken L. Snodgrass, Peoria, AZ (US);
John A. Howell, III, New River, AZ (US);
Robert S. Doyle, Peoria, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An aircraft on-board system for communicating with a ground-based radio transmitter forming a part of a Local Area Augmentation System for aiding in the navigation and landing of the aircraft, comprising a radio receiver adapted to receive signals, including identification signals identifying the Local Area Augmentation System, from the ground-based radio transmitter, a controller coupled to the radio receiver having an entry device for entering the channel number of a desired ground-based radio station and for tuning the on-board radio receiver to a desired frequency and further receiving from the radio signals, including the identification signals, and further having a signaling mechanism for providing to an operator of the aircraft on-board system a message including the identification of the ground-based radio station.