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Disclosed is a first miniature digital video camera in a streamlined configuration mounted on or in proximity to the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft and in communication preferably with both remote digital video recording apparatus and at least one cockpit video monitor. The video recording appar

Disclosed is a first miniature digital video camera in a streamlined configuration mounted on or in proximity to the vertical stabilizer of an aircraft and in communication preferably with both remote digital video recording apparatus and at least one cockpit video monitor. The video recording apparatus is preferably one or more channels on the flight data recorder for postcrash investigation. The preferred embodiment would employ two video cameras, one on anterior or front of the tail assembly, and one of the posterior or rear of it. One alternative embodiment would consist of only one video camera, fastened to an extension of the tail assembly. The second preferred embodiment would include two video cameras, one of which would be mounted on the posterior end of the tail assembly, the other on the under side of the plane, just behind the wings.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An inflight aircraft visual monitoring apparatus comprising:an extension member attached to a posterior end of an aircraft tail assembly;a single wide angle video camera disposed on an exterior of an aircraft at a distal end of the extension member and aimed to view bot

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. An inflight aircraft visual monitoring apparatus comprising:an extension member attached to a posterior end of an aircraft tail assembly;a single wide angle video camera disposed on an exterior of an aircraft at a distal end of the extension member and aimed to view both control surfaces of the aircraft tail assembly and control surfaces in proximity to aircraft main wings;a recording device in communication with the video camera; andat least one video monitor in communicationwith the video camera and disposed in the aircraft cockpit.