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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Thomas J. Horsager, Burnsville, MN (US);
Michael Haukom, Burnsville, MN (US);
William Baumgarten, Burnsville, MN (US);
Matthew J. Hansen, Burnsville, MN (US);
Kenneth J. Freeman, Eagan, MN (US);
Rosemount Aerospace Inc., Burnsville, MN (US);
Abstract
A computer apparatus and method to determine aircraft fuel mileage performance. The computer apparatus including a memory and a processor disposed in communication with the memory and configured to issue a plurality of instructions stored in the memory. The instructions issue signals to receive real-time aircraft data during aircraft flight and process the real-time data to determine real-time aircraft mass data. A calculation is performed to determine the real-time fuel mileage performance for the aircraft based upon determined real-time aircraft mass data.