| 摘要 |
A system and apparatus for assisting pilots and flight crews in determining the best course of action at any particular point inflight for any category of emergency. The system monitors a plurality of static and dynamic flight parameters including atmospheric conditions along the flight path, ground conditions and terrain, conditions aboard the aircraft, and pilot/crew data. Based on these parameters, the system may provide continually updated information to the pilot or crew about the best available landing sites or recommend solutions to aircraft configuration errors. In case of emergency, the system may provide the pilot with procedure sets associated with a hierarchy of available emergency landing sites (or execute these procedure sets via the autopilot system) depending on the specific nature of the emergency. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus for enhancing pilot situational awareness of a nearest Alternate Landing Site (ALS), comprising:
(a) a flight trajectory generator configured for determining a flight trajectory of an aircraft from at least one input, the at least one input extracted from at least one data register; (b) an internal data register comprising at least one of: aircraft position, aircraft altitude, aircraft track, aircraft attitude, aircraft configuration, flight characteristics, engine out glide range, emergency landing range, precautionary emergency landing range, flight plan, aircraft history, pilot history, and flight plan history; (c) an external data register comprising at least one of: traffic data, natural geographic topology, constructed geographic features, the constructed geographic features including at least one of: roads, bridges, airports, and structures, airport data, and weather data; (d) a computer configured for receiving the flight trajectory and at least one input from a data register, the computer configured for determining at least one nearest ALS based on the flight trajectory and the at least one input; (e) a plotter configured for plotting a three dimensional path from the aircraft position and altitude to the at least one nearest ALS within the parameters of the at least one data register, the three dimensional path including at least one of: a descent profile, a transition profile, a configuration profile, an opportunity gate, and a landing profile; and (f) a control for prompting at least one of the aircraft and the pilot in accordance with the three dimensional path to effect a landing at a selected ALS of the at least one nearest ALS. |
