Claims
- 1. A method comprising the steps of
receiving a remote control signal at a servant aircraft; determining if the remote control signal is valid; and inhibiting anyone on the servant aircraft from controlling the flight of the servant aircraft if the remote control signal is valid.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein
the remote control signal is a global positioning satellite signal.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein
the remote control signal comes from an escort aircraft.
- 4. The method of claim 1 further comprising
changing the flight of the servant aircraft in response to the remote control signal.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein
the step of inhibiting anyone on the servant aircraft from controlling the flight of the servant aircraft includes disabling a pilot input device which normally can be used to control the flight of the servant aircraft by someone on board the servant aircraft.
- 6. A servant aircraft comprised of
a receiver; a processor; and and a pilot input device which normally is used to control flight of the servant aircraft; wherein receiver is adapted to receive a remote control signal; and wherein the processor is programmed to examine the remote control signal to determine if the remote control signal is valid, and if the remote control signal is valid, the processor is programmed to send a signal to disable the pilot input device to inhibit anyone on board the servant aircraft from controlling the flight of the servant aircraft.
- 7. The servant aircraft of claim 6 wherein
the remote control signal is a global positioning satellite signal.
- 8. The servant aircraft of claim 6 wherein
the remote control signal comes from an escort aircraft.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This present application is a continuation in part of and claims the priority of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/245,619, filed on Sep. 17, 2002, inventor and applicant, Lawrence J. Koncelik Jr., titled “CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT FROM COLLISIONS WITH OFF LIMITS FACILITIES”.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
Country |
Parent |
10245619 |
Sep 2002 |
US |
Child |
10302363 |
Nov 2002 |
US |