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Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013

Filed:

Dec. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Ronald S. Doeppner, Palm City, FL (US);

Donald W. Fowler, Oxford, CT (US);

Stephen P. Lee, Hamden, CT (US);

Lan Hoang, Cheshire, CT (US);

Anil Mehra, Fairfield, CT (US);

Inventors:

Ronald S. Doeppner, Palm City, FL (US);

Donald W. Fowler, Oxford, CT (US);

Stephen P. Lee, Hamden, CT (US);

Lan Hoang, Cheshire, CT (US);

Anil Mehra, Fairfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01); B64F 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method to facilitate approach of a VTOL aircraft to an offshore facility includes inputting a waypoint for a landing platform of an offshore facility into an aircraft module, inputting an offset distance from the landing platform into the aircraft module, inputting a minimum descent height into an aircraft module, and inputting a final approach inbound course toward the landing platform into the aircraft module.


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