Determining suitable areas for off-airport landings
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1. A method for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- receiving flight data in the aircraft;
receiving geographic data in the aircraft; and
generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft.
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Abstract
A routing tool is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method and system include receiving flight data and geographic data in the aircraft, and generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data. The route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft.
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1. A method for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, the method comprising:
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receiving flight data in the aircraft; receiving geographic data in the aircraft; and generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable medium containing program instructions for facilitating a landing of an aircraft, which when executed by a computer system cause the computer system to execute a method comprising:
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receiving flight data in the aircraft; receiving geographic data in the aircraft; and generating route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. An airplane comprising:
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a plurality of aircraft systems; and a flight planning system coupled to the plurality of aircraft systems, wherein the flight planning system is operable to receive flight data in the airplane, receive geographic data in the airplane, and generate route data based on the flight data and the geographic data, and wherein the route data provides information about attainable landing areas for the airplane. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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