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A wind shear warning system monitors the flight path of an aircraft and wind shear in the vicinity of the aircraft and generates an advisory or cautionary message for the pilot based both on the magnitude of the wind shear and the flight path of the aircraft. When the aircraft is flying a normal fli

A wind shear warning system monitors the flight path of an aircraft and wind shear in the vicinity of the aircraft and generates an advisory or cautionary message for the pilot based both on the magnitude of the wind shear and the flight path of the aircraft. When the aircraft is flying a normal flight path, a wind shear warning is generated only when relatively high negative wind shears are present. If the flight path of the aircraft is not normal, for example, if the aircraft is below the glide slope or descending too rapidly, a cautionary alert is given at lower values of wind shear. The alert or warning is selected to provide the pilot with information defining the nature of the hazard or potential hazard being encountered.

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A wind shear responsive alerting system for an aircraft comprising: means for receiving a signal representative of the deviation of the aircraft from the glideslope; means for receiving a signal representative of wind shear; means responsive to the glideslope deviation representative signal for prov

A wind shear responsive alerting system for an aircraft comprising: means for receiving a signal representative of the deviation of the aircraft from the glideslope; means for receiving a signal representative of wind shear; means responsive to the glideslope deviation representative signal for providing a message to the pilot of the aircraft when the aircraft descends below the glideslope by a predetermined amount; and means responsive to the wind shear representative signal for reducing the amount of deviation below the glideslope required to provide a message to the pilot when the wind shear representative signal exceeds a predetermined value, wherein said glideslope deviation signal responsive means is operative to provide a first message when the aircraft descends below the glideslope by said predetermined amount and said wind shear signal responsive means is operative to provide a second different message to the pilot when the wind shear representative signal exceeds said predetermined value and said glideslope deviation representative signal exceeds said reduced amount of deviation.