Inventors:
Robert B. Davis - Mill Creek WA, US
Daniel J. Boorman - Woodinville WA, US
L. Kirk Gagnon - Bothell WA, US
William L. Goodman - Coupeville WA, US
Alan R. Jacobsen - Renton WA, US
William A. Miller - Arlington WA, US
James E. Mitchell - Renton WA, US
Victor A. Riley - Point Roberts WA, US
William F. Royce - Kirkland WA, US
William D. Tafs - Issaquah WA, US
Assignee:
The Boeing Company - Chicago IL
International Classification:
G05D 1/06
US Classification:
701 8, 701 3, 701 5, 701 9, 701 14, 701 16, 701200, 701205
Abstract:
Systems, computer program products, and methods for displaying navigation performance based flight path deviation information during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing of non-precision flight modes are provided. Improved graphical depictions of navigation performance based flight path deviation information provide pilots and flight crew members with clear, concise displays of the dynamic relationship between ANP and RNP, mode and aspect of flight and related procedures, intersecting flight paths, and current actual flight path deviation from a predefined flight path during the final approach segment to a runway and during landing. For example, an enhanced IAN display may include NPS-type deviation scales to show RNP/ANP relationships and predetermined RNP markers to alert the pilots and flight crew members that the FMC has transitioned from an NPS display for RNAV (LNAV/VNAV) flight procedures to an enhanced IAN display for a non-precision (non-xLS) approach and/or landing.