METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIDING THE MANAGEMENT OF SUCCESSIVE FLIGHTS OF AN AIRCRAFT
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1. A method of aiding the management of flights, for successive flights of an aircraft (A), which are such that the destination (D1) of any flight Vn corresponds to the origin (O2) of the next flight Vn+1, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, each flight being carried out according to a particular flight plan comprising a plurality of waypoints (O1, A1, B1, D1;
- O2, A2, B2, C2, D2), according to which method the values of a plurality of characteristic parameters, including at least some of the following characteristic parameters;
the time of transit, the speed, the altitude and the mass of fuel on board, are determined automatically, for each flight, with the aid of initial data, of the corresponding flight plan and of characteristics related to the aircraft (A), for each waypoint of said flight plan,wherein;
for each flight Vn, the values existing at the last waypoint (D1, D2) which corresponds to the destination of this flight Vn are recorded automatically, doing so for at least some of said characteristic parameters; and
for a next flight Vn+1, at least some of the values recorded for the flight Vn are used automatically as initial data, to determine the values of the various characteristic parameters relating to said flight Vn+1.
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Abstract
Method and device for aiding the management of successive flights of an aircraft.
The device (1) comprises means (3) which use values recorded automatically for a flight, to automatically determine the values of characteristic parameters for waypoints of a next flight.
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1. A method of aiding the management of flights, for successive flights of an aircraft (A), which are such that the destination (D1) of any flight Vn corresponds to the origin (O2) of the next flight Vn+1, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, each flight being carried out according to a particular flight plan comprising a plurality of waypoints (O1, A1, B1, D1;
- O2, A2, B2, C2, D2), according to which method the values of a plurality of characteristic parameters, including at least some of the following characteristic parameters;
the time of transit, the speed, the altitude and the mass of fuel on board, are determined automatically, for each flight, with the aid of initial data, of the corresponding flight plan and of characteristics related to the aircraft (A), for each waypoint of said flight plan,wherein; for each flight Vn, the values existing at the last waypoint (D1, D2) which corresponds to the destination of this flight Vn are recorded automatically, doing so for at least some of said characteristic parameters; and for a next flight Vn+1, at least some of the values recorded for the flight Vn are used automatically as initial data, to determine the values of the various characteristic parameters relating to said flight Vn+1. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- O2, A2, B2, C2, D2), according to which method the values of a plurality of characteristic parameters, including at least some of the following characteristic parameters;
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6. A device for aiding the management of flights, for successive flights of an aircraft (A), which are such that the destination (D1) of a flight Vn corresponds to the origin (O2) of the next flight Vn+1, n being an integer greater than or equal to 1, each flight being carried out according to a particular flight plan comprising a plurality of waypoints (O1, A1, B1, D1;
- O2, A2, B2, C2, D2), said device (1) comprising;
first means (2) for inputting data; and second means (3) for automatically determining for each flight, with the aid of initial data, of the corresponding flight plan and of characteristics relating to the aircraft (A), for each waypoint of said flight plan, the values of a plurality of characteristic parameters, including at least some of the following characteristic parameters the transit time, the speed, the altitude and the mass of fuel on board, wherein; said device (1) moreover comprises; third means (6) for automatically recording, on at least one recording medium (8), for each flight Vn, the values existing at the last waypoint (D1, D2) which corresponds to the destination of this flight Vn, doing so for at least some of said characteristic parameters; and fourth means (9) for automatically transmitting said values recorded on said recording medium (8) to said second means (3); and said second means (3) are formed so as to automatically use, for a next flight Vn+1, at least some of the values recorded for a flight Vn, as initial data, so as to determine the values of the various characteristic parameters relating to said flight Vn+1. - View Dependent Claims (7)
- O2, A2, B2, C2, D2), said device (1) comprising;
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