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A terrain awareness system and method which provides increased warning times to the pilot of an aircraft of a hazardous flight condition while minimizing nuisance warnings. An important aspect of the invention is that the terrain background information as well as the terrain advisory and warning ind

A terrain awareness system and method which provides increased warning times to the pilot of an aircraft of a hazardous flight condition while minimizing nuisance warnings. An important aspect of the invention is that the terrain background information as well as the terrain advisory and warning indications may be displayed on a navigational or weather display, normally existing within an aircraft, which reduces the cost of the system and obviates the need for extensive modifications to existing displays, such as a navigational and weather radar type display.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A warning system for aircraft comprising:a terrain awareness device for receiving and storing terrain information relative to a position of an aircraft;a visual display, coupled to the terrain awareness device, for displaying the terrain formation to the pilot; anda contr

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A warning system for aircraft comprising:a terrain awareness device for receiving and storing terrain information relative to a position of an aircraft;a visual display, coupled to the terrain awareness device, for displaying the terrain formation to the pilot; anda controller, coupled to the visual display, for automatically determining when the rain information is displayed on the visual display.