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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Christophe Jourdan, Toulouse, FR;
Vincent Foucart, Ramonville Saint Agne, FR;
Christophe Jourdan, Toulouse, FR;
Vincent Foucart, Ramonville Saint Agne, FR;
Airbus France, Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
An aircraft terrain avoidance method and device may employ a collision warning section that transmits a caution signal when the aircraft risks colliding with the terrain at the end of a first predetermined period of time. A warning signal is transmitted when the aircraft risks colliding with the terrain at the end of a second predetermined period of time, which is shorter than the first predetermined period of time. A piloting system causes the aircraft to automatically climb with a first gradient corresponding to a predetermined value upon the transmission of the caution signal. An automatic pilot is engaged automatically, if currently disengaged, to force the aircraft to climb with a second gradient, corresponding to the maximum gradient possible in the current flight conditions of the aircraft, upon the transmission of the warning signal.