System and methods for preventing the unauthorized use of aircraft
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1. An aircraft having a memory loaded with geolocation data corresponding to restricted airspace boundaries and an autonomous means for rerouting said aircraft outside of said restricted airspace boundaries as said aircraft approaches to within a predetermined distance of said restricted airspace.
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The present invention is an aircraft having a memory loaded with geolocation data corresponding to restricted airspace boundaries and an autonomous means for rerouting the aircraft outside of the restricted airspace boundaries as the aircraft approaches to within a predetermined distance of the restricted airspace.
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- 1. An aircraft having a memory loaded with geolocation data corresponding to restricted airspace boundaries and an autonomous means for rerouting said aircraft outside of said restricted airspace boundaries as said aircraft approaches to within a predetermined distance of said restricted airspace.
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16. A communications relay system using unmanned aircraft, said system comprising:
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a) a ground based wireless communications station;
b) a first unmanned aircraft for flying a predetermined pattern within wireless communication range of said ground based wireless communications station; and
c) a second unmanned aircraft for operating within wireless communication range of said first unmanned aircraft and for simultaneously flying outside the wireless range of said ground based wireless communication station and for receiving ground based wireless communications station commands relayed through said first unmanned aircraft. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. An upgrade device for a legacy datalogger for adapting the legacy datalogger for remote data transfer to an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with an onboard transceiver and onboard memory, said upgrade device comprising:
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a) a controller in communication with enough memory to substantially make a duplicate copy of the legacy data loggers data memory; and
b) a wireless transceiver for communicating with said unmanned aerial vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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