DAVID ROY SMITH
Pilots at Amelia Ln, Starkville, MS
License number
Mississippi A4164619
Issued Date
Apr 2016
Expiration Date
Apr 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
201 Amelia Ln, Starkville, MS 39759
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Address
Phone
4 Michael D Smith Rd, Poplarville, MS 39470
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Method And System For Increasing Safety In Chemical Application From An Aircraft
Method And System For Increasing Safety In Chemical Application From An Aircraft
US Patent:
7640797, Jan 5, 2010
Filed:
Mar 10, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/373820
Inventors:
David Bernard Smith - Starkville MS, US
James Bert Nail - Starkville MS, US
James Bert Nail - Starkville MS, US
Assignee:
Mississippi State University - Mississippi State MS
International Classification:
A63B 53/00, G01W 1/00
US Classification:
7317002, 7317001, 7317007
Abstract:
This invention relates to a method and system for increasing safety in chemical application from an aircraft. Wind speed, wind direction and other critical flight parameters are measured, calculated, recorded, and visually or audibly announced during the aircraft flight via onboard equipment, which parameters provide a means for the aircraft pilot to control chemical spray application and for unassisted automatic chemical spray cutoff and for limiting spray application outside an application zone or target area. Such parameters also provide a means for indicating the lift reserve of the aircraft and a means for determining atmospheric stability near the ground and providing the pilot with a record of the meteorological conditions at a particular location. The method and system of the present invention also provide a means for predicting appropriate aircraft upwind offset distance to compensate for predicted chemical spray drift.