Patent ID: 7225976

Claim:
An aircraft anti-theft and safety system for preventing unauthorized personnel from starting an aircraft without both human and data code and with safety features that allow restarting following an in-flight engine stall comprising, in combination: a starter assembly being coupled to an aircraft engine having both an enabled state and a disabled state the starter assembly further including a starter solenoid; an identity authorization reader collects definable human characteristic data and collects authorization data from a potential user prior to starting an aircraft, the reader compares said collected authorization data with stored user and authorization data, authorization data including at least one datum in the class of data that includes numerical codes, bar codes, magnetic strip data, alpha-numeric codes, the reader also compares said collected human characteristic data with stored user human characteristic data, human characteristic including at least one datum in the class of data that includes finger print data and iris scan data and retinal scan data, the authorization data being stored on various storage means included in the class of storage means that includes magnetic strip cards, passwords, access codes and chips; an air pressure sensor signals aircraft motion beyond a preset threshold, including a pitot or air collecting tube or source attached to the aircraft, the sensor being operatively coupled to an electronic circuit, the circuit including a relay switch; a power source provides power to the system, including a power switch; and a processing unit comprised of a timer relay, the timer relay including a pair of switches, the processing unit also comprising an inductor and a comparator relay with the comparator relay having a pair of relay switches and a processor having a memory, said processing unit being electrically coupled to the starter assembly and said identity authorization reader and said air pressure sensor and said power source, with the processing unit puts the starter assembly in an enable state upon receipt of the authorized identity and authorization reader input.