Patent ID: 7970531

Claim:
A portable, computerized aircraft flight system which accesses, organizes, manages, and manipulates flight data and functions, resulting in output displayed and accessible by a user, comprising: a portable device having, hardware with a processor; memory; data input means, for permitting said user to input data; display means for displaying data to said user; data recording and storage means; and data output means for permitting said user to output data; a self-powering element for electrically operating said device independent of a fixed power supply; a data input receiver that enables said portable device to receive data using wireless communications, wherein said data includes a first flight data from a data source in an input format compatible with said portable device and updated flight information that includes at least one of weather information, aircraft crew scheduling information, aircraft maintenance information, aircraft load weight and balance information and aircraft manifest information; data delivery means for delivering said data to said portable device; software, including an operating system and operating program, wherein said software is stored within said memory of said portable device, said software facilitates calculating a second flight data that is based on said updated flight information, wherein said second flight data is substantially different than said first flight data; and an output interface that facilitates outputting said first flight data, said updated flight information and said second flight data directly from said portable device to at least one of an aircraft auto-pilot control system, an interactive headgear display worn by the user and a translucent display screen.