Abstract: Carrier aircrafts now use drop light guidance when performing visual approach landing. In order to improve security and accuracy of the lateral aided landing system, a laser visual lineup system is developed. Based on the working principle, long, middle, and close-range flight trajectory geometry and system structural allocation are presented. The pilot handling model and the kinematics of system are developed. A simulation system is constructed to evaluate the performance. The results provide useful information to the theoretical and practical aspects for improved lateral landing system.

Key words: laser aided landing, flight geometry, kinematics, handling quality