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Airborne flight planning and information system

  • US 4,642,775 A
  • Filed: 05/24/1985
  • Issued: 02/10/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/25/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A flight planning system for use with an aircraft having a computerized navigation system comprising:

  • a data center at a first site that is remotely located from said aircraft includes a database storing navigation route information, performance characteristics for the aircraft and weather data, along with processing means responsive to flight plan input information for generating flight plans from said database, said processor of said data center being accessible by means of a data communications link for transmitting said flight plan input information to said data center from a second site remote from both said aircraft and said data center and for transmitting said flight plans to said second remote site;

    a portable computer for use at a location remote from said aircraft, said portable computer having a processor, a memory, data input means for pemitting an operator to input flight planning data, display means for displaying data to an operator and data recording means for recording one or more flight plans on a storage medium;

    data communications means for selectively establishing a data communication link between said portable computer and said data center;

    a data transfer unit secured within the aircraft including means for receiving and reading said storage medium and reading said one or more flight plans recorded on said storage medium; and

    a data management unit connected to said data transfer unit and the computerized navigation system;

    said data management unit including means for transferring said one or more flight plans from said data transfer unit to said computerized navigation system.

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