System and method for calibrating on-board aviation equipment
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1. A method for testing the accuracy of on-board aviation equipment, comprising:
- calculating a first altitude of an in-flight aircraft from a first plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of on-board measurement devices located on and permanently integrated into the aircraft;
calculating a second altitude of the aircraft from a second plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of remote measurement devices located remotely from the aircraft; and
calculating a difference between the first altitude and the second altitude.
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Abstract
A method is provided for testing the accuracy of on-board aviation equipment. The method includes calculating a first altitude of an in-flight aircraft from a plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of on-board measurement devices located on and permanently integrated into the aircraft. A second altitude of the aircraft is then calculated from a second plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of remote measurement devices located remotely from the aircraft. A difference between the first altitude and the second altitude is then calculated.
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1. A method for testing the accuracy of on-board aviation equipment, comprising:
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calculating a first altitude of an in-flight aircraft from a first plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of on-board measurement devices located on and permanently integrated into the aircraft;
calculating a second altitude of the aircraft from a second plurality of measurements taken from a plurality of remote measurement devices located remotely from the aircraft; and
calculating a difference between the first altitude and the second altitude. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for testing the accuracy of on-board aviation equipment, comprising:
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recording a first data set associated with an in-flight aircraft from a first plurality of sensors on an on-board computing system, the on-board computing system and the sensors being located on and permanently integrated on the aircraft;
recording a second data set associated with the in-flight aircraft from a second plurality of sensors located remotely from the aircraft, the first and second data sets being taken at approximately the same time;
transferring the first data set and the second data set to a remote computing system located remotely from the aircraft;
calculating first and second altitudes of the aircraft from the respective first and second data sets with the remote computing system; and
calculating a difference between the first and second altitudes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for determining whether an aircraft is RVSM certified, comprising:
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generating a first data set from a first plurality of sensors on and permanently integrated into an in-flight aircraft;
calculating a first altitude from the first data set with an on-board computing system, the on-board computing system being permanently on and permanently integrated into the in-flight aircraft;
generating a second data set from a second plurality of sensors located remotely from the in-flight aircraft;
storing the second data set on a remote computing system located remotely from the in-flight aircraft;
calculating a second altitude from the second data set; and
calculating a difference between the first altitude and the second altitude with the on-board computing system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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