An angle aiming mechanism for a light assembly. The angle aiming mechanism including a body, a gear rotational coupled to the light assembly and an angle adjuster movable between a first position and a second position. The angle adjuster engaging the gear when the angle adjuster is in the first position. The angle adjuster disengaging the gear when the angle adjuster is in the second position. The angle adjuster configured such that rotation of the angle adjuster in the first position changes an angle of the light assembly relative to a reference plane.

The present disclosure relates to a landing assistance system and method (100) for assisting an airborne vehicle (1) during landing on a landing area (2). The landing assistance system (100) provides the airborne vehicle (1) with light signals. The landing assistance system comprises at least one geographically positioned light emitter (4, 6, 8) arranged at near ground level on the landing area (2). At least one first light emitter (6) of the at least one geographically positioned light emitter (4, 6, 8) is arranged to emit light to a designated position in space. The light comprises at least three light beams (B1-B3), wherein a first beam (B1) being a central beam, which indicates a designated glideslope, and at least a second beam (B2) and third beam (B3) indicating that said airborne vehicle (1) is positioned under or above the designated glideslope, respectively.

The present disclosure relates to a landing assistance system and method (100) for assisting an airborne vehicle (1) during landing on a landing area (2). The landing assistance system (100) provides the airborne vehicle (1) with light signals. The landing assistance system comprises at least one geographically positioned light emitter (4, 6, 8) arranged at near ground level on the landing area (2). At least one first light emitter (6) of the at least one geographically positioned light emitter (4, 6, 8) is arranged to emit light to a designated position in space. The light comprises at least three light beams (B1-B3), wherein a first beam (B1) being a central beam, which indicates a designated glideslope, and at least a second beam (B2) and third beam (B3) indicating that said airborne vehicle (1) is positioned under or above the designated glideslope, respectively.

The disclosure relates to a method for guiding landing of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The method for guiding landing of unmanned aerial vehicle includes: determining location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle over a target airdrome by using a plurality of position detectors in an airdrome auxiliary positioning system; generating corrected guidance information according to an offset vector between the location information and target location information, where the target location information is information representing any location within signal coverage of a guidance beacon of the target airdrome; and sending the corrected guidance information to the unmanned aerial vehicle, where the corrected guidance information is used to guide the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly into the signal coverage of the guidance beacon.

An air-taxi pod system floats on a lake, river, sea, etc. and has a spoke connected between a base and an air pod. The pod is configured as a landing region for air taxi within larger metropolitan cities. Each of the spoke, base, and pod use a hull section to provide the buoyancy necessary for each of these components to float. In some versions, two or more, such as six spokes sit around a base connected to the base with connections that can withstand heavy storms. An air pod or separately an air-ship pod connect to some of the spokes at second ends of the spokes with a similar connection. The system can also have terminals or terminal buildings to facilitate travel or commuting.

An air-taxi pod system floats on a lake, river, sea, etc. and has a spoke connected between a base and an air pod. The pod is configured as a landing region for air taxi within larger metropolitan cities. Each of the spoke, base, and pod use a hull section to provide the buoyancy necessary for each of these components to float. In some versions, two or more, such as six spokes sit around a base connected to the base with connections that can withstand heavy storms. An air pod or separately an air-ship pod connect to some of the spokes at second ends of the spokes with a similar connection. The system can also have terminals or terminal buildings to facilitate travel or commuting.

A distribution device (10) is provided with an acquisition unit (11) which acquires position information of an obstacle, and a distribution unit (12) which wirelessly distributes, from the obstacle to an aircraft, obstacle information including the acquired position information of the obstacle and identification information of the obstacle. The distribution device (10) distributes the identification information of the obstacle along with the position information of the obstacle to the aircraft, and the aircraft interprets the position, etc., of the specific obstacle.

A landing zone indicator system which includes a battery that is configured to power a controller and a human vision output device, a controller that is configured to control human-visible light that is output by the human vision output device, and a human vision output device where the human-visible light output by the human vision output device generates an illuminated landing zone for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle.

A landing zone indicator system which includes a battery that is configured to power a controller and a human vision output device, a controller that is configured to control human-visible light that is output by the human vision output device, and a human vision output device where the human-visible light output by the human vision output device generates an illuminated landing zone for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle.

A lighting apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs arranged in a row on an elongated wiring board; and a lens covering all the LEDs and controlling distribution of light emitted from each LED. An optical axis of the light emitted from each LED is orthogonal to the wiring board. The lens has a light emitting surface that controls distribution of the light emitted from each LED. When the light emitting surface is divided into at least three regions, the lens performs light distribution such that light radiated from a region is distributed in a direction tilted with respect to the optical axis of the light emitted from the LED. Thus, asymmetric distribution of light is achieved when the optical axis of the light from the LED is the axis of symmetry, and further, the luminous flux in the direction tilted with respect to the optical axis is increased most.