Relaying flight data to another aircraft following the same flight path

A first aircraft 10 obtains real-time flight data as it travels along a flight path and directly relays at least a portion of this data to a second aircraft 30 flying at least a portion of the flight path. The data may be obtained during a phase of the flight path (e.g. take-off, climb, cruise, desc...

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Main Authors STEPHANE LAURENT PETTER, STEVE JOHN SCHOONVELD
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.06.2014
Subjects
PHYSICS
SIGNALLING
TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
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Summary:A first aircraft 10 obtains real-time flight data as it travels along a flight path and directly relays at least a portion of this data to a second aircraft 30 flying at least a portion of the flight path. The data may be obtained during a phase of the flight path (e.g. take-off, climb, cruise, descent, landing or taxiing). It may include weather data (e.g. relating to icing, turbulence or real winds aloft) and may have an expiration time of less than 8 hours. The data may be processed before being relayed to determine its suitability e.g. based on time or geography. It may further be relayed to a ground station 42, where it may be aggregated and transmitted to another aircraft 44 or stored in a system 40 that is accessible by other airlines.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20120014919