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Ground operations and imminent landing runway selection

  • US 7,363,145 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2004
  • Issued: 04/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An imminent landing situational awareness computer program residing on a computer usable storage medium, the computer program comprising:

  • computer-readable program code means for receiving one or more signals representative of current aircraft phase of flight, altitude rate, and height above runway information; and

    computer-readable program code means for generating at periodic intervals flare callouts as a function of the current aircraft phase of flight, altitude rate, and height above runway information, including;

    computer-readable program code means for determining that the installation aircraft is currently configured in a landing phase of flight;

    computer-readable program code means for determining that the installation aircraft is not currently climbing at a altitude rate in excess of a threshold altitude rate;

    computer-readable program code means for determining that the installation aircraft has not currently touched-down; and

    computer-readable program code means for generating at periodic intervals flare callouts that report the current height above the runway.

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