AIRCRAFT WAKE VORTEX PREDICTOR AND VISUALIZER

• Main Authors: PEARLMAN, JAY S, MESEROLE, JERE S, LEWIS, MICHAEL S, SINGLETON, MARISSA K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.08.2008
• Subjects: AEROPLANES; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; HELICOPTERS; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TRANSPORTING

A method to predict a location, intensity and movement of wake vortexes, and to detect wake vortexes, comprises collecting one or more ground-based measurements related to predicting the location, intensity and movement of wake vortexes; collecting one or more airborne-based measurements related to...