KENNETH WESLEY MCELREATH
Pilots in Mount Vernon, IA
License number
Iowa A1245246
Issued Date
Jul 2015
Expiration Date
Jul 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
PO Box 124, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
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Address
Phone
1405 Arline Cir, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
4498 Westover Rd SE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
4498 Westover Rd, Cedar Rapids, IA 52403
1405 Arline Cir, Mount Vernon, IA 52314
Mount Vernon, IA
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Aircraft Formation/Refueling Guidance System
Aircraft Formation/Refueling Guidance System
US Patent:
6889941, May 10, 2005
Filed:
Jul 15, 2004
Appl. No.:
10/891857
Inventors:
Kenneth W. McElreath - Mount Vernon IA, US
Donald A. Happel - Mount Vernon IA, US
Donald A. Happel - Mount Vernon IA, US
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins - Cedar Rapids IA
International Classification:
B64D039/00
US Classification:
244135A, 244195, 244 316, 244161, 701226
Abstract:
An aircraft formation/refueling guidance system guides a follower aircraft relative to a leader aircraft. A datalink provides a position hold and a bias command from the leader aircraft to the follower aircraft. An optical tracker onboard the follower aircraft takes an image of the leader aircraft when receiving the hold command, tracks the leader aircraft using the image, and provides optical tracker movement outputs. A resolver resolves the optical tracker movement outputs to provide resolver control signals. A vernier control receives the bias command to change a position of the follower aircraft by biasing the resolver control signals with a bias signal. A sum circuit connected to the resolver and to the vernier control receives the resolver control signals and the bias signal to provide a sum circuit output signal. An autopilot and autothrottle receives the sum circuit output signal and the position hold command to control the follower aircraft.