Method of Developing Flight Infrastructure in Conjunction with a Sale of an Aircraft

摘要

A method for providing WAAS infrastructure in conjunction with the sale of a WAAS enabled aircraft includes developing a sales package for a customer. The price of the sales package preferably includes a WAAS enabled aircraft and a WAAS infrastructure. The method further includes assembling a WAAS enabled aircraft and developing the WAAS infrastructure using a computer. The method also includes providing the customer with the WAAS enabled aircraft and the WAAS infrastructure.

主权项

1. An aircraft, the aircraft being associated with a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) infrastructure, the aircraft comprising:
a WAAS compatible avionics system, including a WAAS compatible navigation unit; and a Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna for receiving GPS signals and providing the received GPS signals to the navigation unit, wherein the navigation unit includes a WAAS flight procedure that is private to a customer thereby allowing the customer to operate the WAAS enabled aircraft in a private WAAS environment.