AIRCRAFT COMPLEX LANDING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LANDING APPROACH Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B64D45/04 B64F1/18 

FIELD: radar systems for landing aircraft; air traffic control systems.

SUBSTANCE: proposed system includes landing radar, information processing unit, coordinate calculation unit, ground and onboard video converters, landing controller and pilot displays, landing controller and pilot consoles, pilotage-navigational unit, two-way data transmission line, present heading and hydroplaning speed vectors onboard shapers, heading and hydroplaning speed vectors ground divider, optimal heading and hydroplaning speed vectors onboard shapers and ground information onboard divider. Provision is made for additional airfield observation radar, airfield map shaper, airfield data base shaper, relief shaper and scale selector switches. Specific feature of system is matching of heading lines and glide path lines with terrain relief and airfield map display in three scales depending on definite stages of landing. Method of landing determines order of change of zones of display of heading and glide path lines in accordance with varying range at matching of vectors of present heading and hydroplaning speeds with respective vectors of optimal speeds performed by pilot.

EFFECT: enhanced safety of flight at landing approach; reduced psychological stress on pilot and landing controller.

7 cl, 3 dwg