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Systems and methods for safely landing an aircraft

  • US 9,051,061 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2012
  • Issued: 06/09/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An aircraft landing system comprising:

  • a low range radio altimeter that calculates a first height of the aircraft above ground level,a barometric altimeter that calculates a second height of the aircraft above ground level, andan automatic autothrottle control that determines whether there is a correlation between the first height and the second height and that prevents automatic thrust control of the aircraft in an absence of the correlation between the first height and the second height.

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