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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Kirschen A. Seah, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Alan E. Siniff, Marlon, IA (US);
Michael J. Beccario, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Sarah Barber, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Randy H. Jacobson, Melbourne, FL (US);
Simon A. Grosvenor, Everett, WA (US);
Kirschen A. Seah, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Alan E. Siniff, Marlon, IA (US);
Michael J. Beccario, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Sarah Barber, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Randy H. Jacobson, Melbourne, FL (US);
Simon A. Grosvenor, Everett, WA (US);
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
A present novel and non-trivial system, device, and method for presenting instrument approach procedure ('IAP') advisory information to a pilot of an aircraft are disclosed. An advisory generator ('AG') is programmed to retrieve or receive flight information representative of the current position of the aircraft, a designated airport, and at least one published IAP; weather minima data corresponding to each IAP; and one or more IAP suitability factors from a weather data source, a NOTAM data source, and/or an aircraft performance data source. The AG determines the suitability or availability of each published IAP, disables the pilot's selectability of each unsuitable or unavailable published IAP, and generates advisory data representative of information advising the pilot of the unsuitable or unavailable published IAP(s). Additionally, the AG is programmed to receive a pilot's override of an unsuitable or unavailable published IAP and enable the overridden unsuitable or unavailable IAP.