Aircraft approach to landing analysis method
First Claim
1. A method of assessing an identified aircraft approach to landing, including the steps of:
- a. recording a multiplicity of parametric data of aircraft approaches to landing on an identified landing surface and assembling the parametric data to form a baseline data set,b. recording parametric data of the identified aircraft approach to landing on the identified landing surface to form an identified aircraft approach to landing data set,c. selecting relevant parameters of interest from the baseline data set to form a profile descriptive baseline data set and statistically evaluating the profile descriptive baseline data set to form a descriptive baseline statistics data set,d. comparing the identified aircraft approach to landing data set to the descriptive baseline statistics data set, forming a comparison therefrom, and recording the comparison,thereby assessing the identified aircraft approach to landing on the identified landing surface.
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Abstract
A method has been found for assessing an aircraft approach to landing on a shipboard landing surface. The method includes a comparison of an identified aircraft performance with the mean or median of a baseline data set. The baseline data set is assembled from a multiplicity of actual approaches to landing data that are selected for relevance and then statistically evaluated. A high data recording rate captures the pilot'"'"'s control inputs and allows evaluation of the pilot'"'"'s manual efficiency of input to controls. The method is particularly useful to evaluate performance under conditions in which evaluation by human observation is limited or evaluation against guidelines produces less meaningful results.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of assessing an identified aircraft approach to landing, including the steps of:
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a. recording a multiplicity of parametric data of aircraft approaches to landing on an identified landing surface and assembling the parametric data to form a baseline data set, b. recording parametric data of the identified aircraft approach to landing on the identified landing surface to form an identified aircraft approach to landing data set, c. selecting relevant parameters of interest from the baseline data set to form a profile descriptive baseline data set and statistically evaluating the profile descriptive baseline data set to form a descriptive baseline statistics data set, d. comparing the identified aircraft approach to landing data set to the descriptive baseline statistics data set, forming a comparison therefrom, and recording the comparison, thereby assessing the identified aircraft approach to landing on the identified landing surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of assessing pilot performance in an approach to landing on a shipboard landing surface, including the steps of:
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a. recording a multiplicity of parametric data of aircraft approaches to landing on an identified shipboard landing surface and assembling the parametric data to form a baseline data set, b. recording parametric data of the a specified pilot'"'"'s aircraft approach to landing on the identified shipboard landing surface to form a specified pilot'"'"'s aircraft approach to landing data set, c. selecting relevant parameters of interest from the baseline data set, forming a profile descriptive baseline data set therefrom and statistically evaluating the profile descriptive baseline data set to form a descriptive baseline statistics data set, d. comparing the specified pilot'"'"'s aircraft approach to landing data set with the descriptive baseline statistics data set and forming a comparison therefrom, recording pilot control manipulations, f. recording aircraft response to those pilot control manipulations, g. determining an efficiency of pilot control manipulations, and displaying the efficiency of pilot control manipulations, thereby assessing the specified pilot'"'"'s aircraft approach to landing on the identified shipboard landing surface. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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