System and method for alerting a user of an aircraft of a possible entrance into a selected airspace
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1. An avionics system comprising:
- at least one storage device having a flight path of an aircraft and locations of a plurality of selected airspaces stored thereon; and
a processor in operable communication with the at least one storage device, the processor being configured to;
compare the flight path of the aircraft to the locations of the plurality of selected airspaces; and
provide an alert signal if the flight path calls for the aircraft to operate within a pre-selected distance of at least one of the plurality of selected airspaces.
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Abstract
A system and method for an aircraft alerts a user of the aircraft of a possible entrance into a selected airspace. A flight path of an aircraft and locations of a plurality of selected airspaces are stored on at least one storage medium. A processor is in operable communication with the at least one storage device and configured to compare the flight path of the aircraft to the locations of the plurality of selected airspaces and provide an alert signal if the flight path calls for the aircraft to operate within a pre-selected distance of at least one of the plurality of selected airspaces.
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1. An avionics system comprising:
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at least one storage device having a flight path of an aircraft and locations of a plurality of selected airspaces stored thereon; and a processor in operable communication with the at least one storage device, the processor being configured to; compare the flight path of the aircraft to the locations of the plurality of selected airspaces; and provide an alert signal if the flight path calls for the aircraft to operate within a pre-selected distance of at least one of the plurality of selected airspaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An avionics system comprising:
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a Flight Management System (FMS) having a flight path of an aircraft stored thereon; a computer-readable medium in operable communication with the FMS having locations of a plurality of selected airspaces stored thereon; a processor in operable communication with the FMS and the computer-readable medium, the processor being configured to; compare the flight path of the aircraft to the locations of the plurality of selected airspaces; and provide an alert signal if the flight path calls for the aircraft enter at least one of the plurality of selected airspaces; and at least one of a visual display device in operable communication with the processor to receive the alert signal and generate a visual indication of the alert signal and an audio device in operable communication with the processor to receive the alert signal and generate an audio indication of the alert signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20)
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16. A method for alerting a user of an aircraft of a possible entrance into a selected airspace comprising:
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loading a flight path onto a Flight Management System (FMS) onboard the aircraft; comparing the flight path to locations of a plurality of selected airspaces stored on a computer-readable medium in operable communication with the FMS; and alerting the user of the aircraft if the flight path calls for the aircraft to intersect one or more of the plurality of selected airspaces. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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