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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7229288 | Method, system, and program for using a virtual environment to provide information on using a product Provided are a method, system, and program for providing information on a promoted product to a user. A virtual environment is rendered and a virtual customer is rendered within the virtual environment, wherein the virtual customer utilizes the promoted product by r... | 06/12/2007 |
| 5833467 | VOR flight instructional aid and method of use A VOR flight instructional aid and methods for its use are described herein. Said instructional aid comprises a base, a course indicator arm pivotably connected to said base, and a physical representation of an aircraft connected to the end of the course ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5033967 | ADF wind correction simulator An aviation training aid to facilitate the learning of instrument flying techniques. Primarily designed for the application of wind drift problems associated with tracking a straight course over the ground which making an NDB (non-directional beacon) inst... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4886458 | Mechanical analog computer device This invention provides an inexpensive but accurate mechanical analog computer device for providing information based on the relative positions of two or more indicia bearing members at least one of which is mounted to another of said members for non-rota... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4790758 | Air navigational instrument simulation and instructional aid A hand-held movable airplane model is equipped on an outer face with an outer rotatable donut shaped disc and an inner stationary black circular disc. The outer disc, having compass markings, is rotated by turning a simulated OBS knob to simulate a course... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4608022 | Air and sea navigational instrument simulation and instructional aid A hand-held movable airplane or boat model is equipped on an outer face with gravity actuated simulations of actual navigational instruments. Two interchangeable compass rose discs are mounted each on a separate split shaft spindle protruding from the mod... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4490117 | Inflight IFR procedures simulator An inflight IFR procedures simulator for generating signals and commands to conventional instruments provided in an airplane. The simulator includes a signal synthesizer which generates predetermined simulated signals corresponding to signals normally rec... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4419079 | Aircraft piloting aid system A piloting aid system for displaying symbols representative of determined characteristics of the flight of an aircraft and representative of its environment is disclosed. The symbols are displayed on the screen of a display unit which displays a symbol re... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4311466 | Automated aircraft radio navigation simulator Aircraft navigation testing apparatus includes circuitry which produces digital signals on an output bus corresponding to a desired simulation of aircraft glideslope, localizer and very high frequency, omnidirectional (VOR) positions. Localizer and glides... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4276702 | Aircraft flight simulating trainer A flight simulator instrument trainer has operational controls and instruments similar to a conventional aircraft. An AC driven position simulator moves a simulated station position according to simulated power, attitude, flap condition direction and dist... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4226028 | NDB Instrument flight trainer An aviation training aid to facilitate the learning of instrument flying techniques. The device simulates problems encountered in flight when navigating by reference to a nondirectional beacon (NDB) and flying an NDB instrument landing approach. The devic... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4173080 | Radio navigation training device A navigation training device for use with any pilot training text on radio navigation, the device has a visual representation of three actual aircraft instruments with movable parts to simulate the actual related readings on the instruments. A set of inst... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4095351 | Navigational simulator and teaching device A Navigation simulator and teaching aid is disclosed which utilizes a terrain plate and a plurality of Navaid pegs which are selectively positionable in various holes in the terrain plate which correspond to simulated navigational radio aids. Elastomeric ... | 06/20/1978 |
