System for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a

Details System for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a System for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a

1999-05-17

2000-11-21

Lee, Benjamin C.

Communications: electrical

Aircraft alarm or indicating systems

Nonalarm flight indicator

349945, 349963, 349973, 701 14, G01C 2100

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active

061509590

ABSTRACT:
A system for monitoring the operation of an aircraft, especially a helicopter, which automatically provides information which relates to the operation of the aircraft. Data acquisition and processing units centralize data relating to the aircraft together and group them in information pages. At least one information page contains a flight report of at least the latest flight of the aircraft, which simultaneously provides a flight number, flight duration, number of cycles of the engines, number of cycles of the turbine, and any appropriate message regarding detected faults and/or whether any of the aircraft's limitations have been exceeded. A display unit displays the information within the view of at least one pilot of the aircraft. At the end of a flight, a selection unit automatically selects a flight report which is automatically displayed by the display.

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