Method for Monitoring the Flight of an Aircraft
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring the flight of an aircraft using two navigation screens respectively dedicated to the pilot and to the copilot of said aircraft, of the type consisting in displaying on said screens, depending on the choice of the pilot and copilot, at least information relating to the following of terrain, notably the trajectory, by said aircraft or information relating to the meteorological conditions that the aircraft is likely to encounter during its flight and that is supplied by a meteorological radar on board said aircraft,wherein, when said navigation screens of said pilot and copilot simultaneously display the terrain-following information, it further consists in triggering at least one warning representative of hazardous meteorological conditions detected by said radar and liable to be encountered by said aircraft, and in displaying said warning on at least one of said navigation screens.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the flight of an aircraft consisting in triggering a warning representative of hazardous meteorological conditions liable to face the aircraft while the navigation screen is displaying the terrain-following information.
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1. A method for monitoring the flight of an aircraft using two navigation screens respectively dedicated to the pilot and to the copilot of said aircraft, of the type consisting in displaying on said screens, depending on the choice of the pilot and copilot, at least information relating to the following of terrain, notably the trajectory, by said aircraft or information relating to the meteorological conditions that the aircraft is likely to encounter during its flight and that is supplied by a meteorological radar on board said aircraft,
wherein, when said navigation screens of said pilot and copilot simultaneously display the terrain-following information, it further consists in triggering at least one warning representative of hazardous meteorological conditions detected by said radar and liable to be encountered by said aircraft, and in displaying said warning on at least one of said navigation screens.
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