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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2008
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);
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);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
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.