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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Stéphanie Fortier, Cugnaux, FR;
Stéphanie Fortier, Cugnaux, FR;
Thales, , FR;
Abstract
A flight management system for an aircraft, for executing a flight plan comprising referenced waypoints comprising a start point, an end point and intermediate waypoints, the said aircraft having a specified fuel quantity at the start of the said flight plan, executes a function of monitoring the fuel consumption with respect to at least one threshold value. The function comprises an operation for estimating if the quantity of fuel remaining on board drops below a threshold at any point in the flight plan included between the start point and the end point, and inserts a corresponding pseudo-waypoint in the flight plan, corresponding to the point where the said threshold is passed. The inserted pseudo-point is displayed on screens for displaying the flight plan.