Patent ID: 8005583

Claim:
A method for determining the air turbulence likely to be encountered by an aircraft, whereby: a) on at least one first aircraft, measuring the values of parameters relating only to said first aircraft, in a particular position of the first aircraft in a flight; b) on this first aircraft, employing said measured values to determine an estimation indication which represents an indication of the turbulence in said particular position, independently of the configuration of said first aircraft; c) on said first aircraft, determining said particular position; d) from said first aircraft, transmitting a set of information comprising at least said particular position and said corresponding turbulence indication to at least one second aircraft, wherein, in addition: d) said set of information is transmitted directly from said first aircraft to said second aircraft; e) on said second aircraft, said turbulence indication is used to predict the impact of the turbulence on said second aircraft if it is in said particular position, by using said turbulence indication to predict the maximum load factors that said second aircraft is likely to be subjected to if it is in a predetermined area around said particular position, taking into account the configuration of said second aircraft; and f) this prediction of the turbulence impact is used on said second aircraft when the second aircraft is in flight.