Vehicle docking system

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1984-08-13

1988-03-29

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Landing field arrangement

364463, 340958, 180168, B64F 118

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047338334

ABSTRACT:
An aircraft docking system comprises a plurality of pairs of load sensors embedded in the surface of the airport apron. A visual display comprises three parallel columns of chevrons each comprising a plurality of fibre optics which transmit light from a source to the surface of the display and a stop sign. An aircraft approaching along the correct path will cause the chevrons of the central column to be sequentially illuminated. Divergence from that path will cause a chevron on the appropriate outer column to be illuminated. When the aircraft reaches the correct docking point, the stop sign is illuminated.

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