FIELD: communications engineering. SUBSTANCE: device provides for establishing contact between aircraft on-board radio station and ground cellular radiophone system as well as for locating on-board radiophone by ground system and for calling it in case call is received from ground telephone station. Ground base station is connected to vertically directed antennas and to aircraft-shaping cells. When aircraft carrying radio station crosses mentioned cells, on-board repeater receives signals from base station and relays them to radio station. When radio station receives signals, repeater transmits these signals through aircraft-shaping cells to base station. Since aircraft moves from cell to cell, aircraft-to-ground communication channel is re- distributed to next cell to maintain communication with ground. EFFECT: improved reliability of communications between aircraft and ground system. 7 cl, 4 dwg
