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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 06, 2010
Michael J. Ingram, Melbourne, FL (US);
Steven Lindsley, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael Keirnan, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael J. Ingram, Melbourne, FL (US);
Steven Lindsley, Melbourne, FL (US);
Michael Keirnan, Melbourne, FL (US);
Avidyne Corporation, Lincoln, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system and method for diverting from a flight plan without adjusting an autopilot by treating a heading change as the new leg of a flight plan. The present invention allows the pilot of an aircraft to enter a heading to follow into a flight management system, which treats the heading as the current leg of a flight plan otherwise being followed by the flight management system. The present invention graphically displays the heading leg as the predicted track so that the pilot is able to see the airplane's expected path. Such a change allows the autopilot to continue following commands from the flight management system rather than being changed to a mode in which the autopilot follows heading commands directly from the pilot.