Ground proximity excessive descent rate warning instrument

A ground proximity warning system monitors the descent rate of an aircraft and generates a warning if the descent rate is excessive for the current altitude above ground of the aircraft according to a predetermined relationship. The predetermined relationship is altered as a function of the deviatio...

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Main Author BATEMAN, CHARLES, D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 19.04.1995
Edition5
Subjects
ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES
CONTROLLING
DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES
GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS
INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT
LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES
MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS
MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK
NAVIGATION
PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
PHYSICS
RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING
RADIO NAVIGATION
REGULATING
SURVEYING
SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
TESTING
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Summary:A ground proximity warning system monitors the descent rate of an aircraft and generates a warning if the descent rate is excessive for the current altitude above ground of the aircraft according to a predetermined relationship. The predetermined relationship is altered as a function of the deviation of the aircraft from the glidescope to generate the warning earlier if the aircraft is below the glidescope and later if the aircraft is above the glidescope. The warning is given as a specific aural message indicating the specific flight parameters of the aircraft.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19920908435