Patent ID: 7991516
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: G05D,G08G

Abstract:
1. A system for supervising the landing of a plurality of aircraft at a given airfield by a human supervisor in a control station, each of said aircraft being capable of landing without control by any human personnel on board, said system comprising, in combination: (a) a control station comprising: (b) aircraft control apparatus disposed on each of a plurality of aircraft, each said apparatus including: wherein (1) said at least one control signal is selected by means of said input device by said supervisor, based on said supervisor's observations of said plurality of aircraft; (2) said control signal is transmitted from said control station to the respective logic device on at least one of said plurality of aircraft; and (3) in response thereto, said logic device controls the respective aircraft, thereby to control its flight in the vicinity of an airfield.