Terrain advisory system for aircraft

Citation

(1998), "Terrain advisory system for aircraft", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770aad.016

Terrain advisory system for aircraft

Terrain advisory system for aircraft

In GB Patent 2310184 GEC-Marconi Ltd describe a terrain advisory system for an aircraft. It comprises a processor which compares terrain information, accessed from a memory means according to data from a navigation means with dynamic flight parameters from a monitor for the aircraft. The processor generates a signal indicative of a current aircraft trajectory and a pull-up signal indicative of a notional pull-up trajectory to indicate, on a display, the current aircraft trajectory relative to a line constructed from notional pull up trajectories for the aircraft which avoid a predetermined clearance height without exceeding a predetermined acceleration acting on the aircraft during a pull up manoeuvre.