METHOD OF GENERATING A DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF AN AIRCRAFT FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF A PSEUDO CHASE AIRCRAFT

Abstract

Kinematic data is generated onboard an aircraft for describing its state of motion as it flies over a tracking range. The kinematic data is transmitted to a plurality of remote stations on the tracking range and tracking data is generated which represents the actual state vector of the flying aircraft. Also generated is pseudo tracking data, identical to the tracking data but delayed in time, for representing the motion and trajectory of a pseudo aircraft. Utilizing the pseudo tracking data an image of the flying aircraft is generated from the viewpoint of the cockpit of the pseudo aircraft. A person may then view the image to observe the dynamics of the flying aircraft as if the person were chasing the actual aircraft in the pseudo aircraft. The method permits sophisticated maneuvers in the remote piloting of aircraft as well as flight performance analysis.

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Inventor

• 1MINTON B. CRONKHITE

Sensitive facility: San Diego CA (SAIC/General Dynamics)

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