DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN AN AIRCRAFT WITH DATA STORED DURING A FLIGHT AND WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTED TO A GROUND SYSTEM AFTER LANDING USING A TRANSMISSION ELEMENT IN AN EXTERNAL PANEL OF AN AVIONIC BAY
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1. An aircraft-side aircraft data retrieval system, comprising:
- a data storage device located in an aircraft adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight;
a transmission element in an external panel of the aircraft; and
wireless apparatus adapted to wirelessly transmit, after the aircraft has landed, the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system via the transmission element.
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An aircraft-side aircraft data retrieval system and method, comprising: a data storage device (14) located in an aircraft (2) adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight; a transmission element (50), for example a dielectric filled hole or a coaxial transmission line assembly, in an external panel (9) of the aircraft (2); and wireless apparatus (18) adapted to wirelessly transmit, after the aircraft (2) has landed, the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system (6) via the transmission element (50).
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1. An aircraft-side aircraft data retrieval system, comprising:
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a data storage device located in an aircraft adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight; a transmission element in an external panel of the aircraft; and wireless apparatus adapted to wirelessly transmit, after the aircraft has landed, the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system via the transmission element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A ground-side aircraft data retrieval system configured to operate in conjunction with an aircraft-side data retrieval system, the aircraft-side data retrieval system including:
- a data storage device located in an aircraft adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight;
a transmission element in an external panel of the aircraft and wireless apparatus adapted to wirelessly transmit, after the aircraft has landed, the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system via the transmission element, the ground-side aircraft data retrieval system comprising;wireless apparatus adapted to wirelessly receive data acquired and stored by the aircraft-side data retrieval system during flight and transmitted via the transmission element after landing by the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
- a data storage device located in an aircraft adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight;
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15. An aircraft-side aircraft data retrieval method, comprising:
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during a flight by an aircraft, storing data acquired during the flight in a storage device located in the aircraft; and after the aircraft has landed, wirelessly transmitting the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system via a transmission element in an external panel of the aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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