TERRY ALAN FRANKS
Pilots at Shoreline Cir, Omaha, NE
License number
Nebraska A4914550
Issued Date
Mar 2017
Expiration Date
Mar 2019
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
4903 Shoreline Cir, Omaha, NE 68133
Professional information
Runway Selector
US Patent:
8230803, Jul 31, 2012
Filed:
Oct 15, 2010
Appl. No.:
12/925171
Inventors:
Terry A. Franks - Papillion NE, US
Keith P. Kepplin - Omaha NE, US
Keith P. Kepplin - Omaha NE, US
International Classification:
G09F 11/23
US Classification:
116320, 116316, 116311, 116DIG 43
Abstract:
A runway selector is provided for selecting a runway at an airport which does not have traffic control and which has one or more numbered runways. The runway selector includes a first circular scale having azimuth indicia thereon. The runway selector also includes a second circular scale positioned on the first scale and which has runway number indicia thereon. One or more flat strips, which resemble runways, are selectively rotatably mounted over the scales. A wind direction pointer is selectively rotatably mounted over the scales. The runway selector enables a pilot to visually determine the proper runway to use so that the aircraft may land into the wind as closely as possible.