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<p><b>Charles Donald „Don“ Bateman</b> (* <a href="8._M%C3%A4rz" title="8. März">8. März</a> <a href="1932" title="1932">1932</a> in <a href="Saskatoon" title="Saskatoon">Saskatoon</a>, <a href="Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>, <a href="Kanada" title="Kanada">Kanada</a>; † <a href="21._Mai" title="21. Mai">21. Mai</a> <a href="2023" title="2023">2023</a> in <a href="Bellevue_(Washington)" title="Bellevue (Washington)">Bellevue</a>, <a href="Washington_(Bundesstaat)" title="Washington (Bundesstaat)">Washington</a>, <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">Vereinigte Staaten</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> war ein kanadisch-US-amerikanischer Ingenieur, Erfinder des <a href="Ground_Proximity_Warning_System" title="Ground Proximity Warning System">Ground Proximity Warning System</a> (GPWS).
</p><p>Bateman studierte Elektrotechnik an der <a href="University_of_Saskatchewan" title="University of Saskatchewan">University of Saskatchewan</a>, ging dann zu Sundstrand in Illinois und danach (ab 1960) zu <a href="Honeywell_International" title="Honeywell International">Honeywell International</a>, wo er Chefingenieur für Flugsicherheit wurde und Ende der 1960er Jahre GPWS entwickelte, das bei Honeywell laufend verbessert wurde (<a href="Enhanced_Ground_Proximity_Warning_System" title="Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System">Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System</a>, EGPWS ab 1996 u. a.). Das System wurde ab 1974 von der <a href="Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> (FAA) für größere Flugzeuge vorgeschrieben, was die Unfallursache des <i><a href="Controlled_flight_into_terrain" title="Controlled flight into terrain">Controlled flight into terrain</a></i> (CFIT) stark reduzierte.
</p><p>Weitere Erfindungen betrafen z. B. Warnsysteme für Abfall des Kabinendrucks, Scherwinde und <a href="Str%C3%B6mungsabriss" title="Strömungsabriss">Stall</a>, Autopiloten-Technik und <a href="Head-up-Display" title="Head-up-Display">Head-up-Displays</a>.
</p><p>Er wurde in die <a href="National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame_(Auszeichnung)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame (Auszeichnung)">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a> aufgenommen und 2010 erhielt er die <a href="National_Medal_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National Medal of Technology">National Medal of Technology</a>. Er hielt rund 40 US-Patente und 80 Patente außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten.
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Richard Sandomir: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/02/technology/don-bateman-dead.html"><i>Don Bateman, ‘Father’ Of Terrain Awareness Warning Systems, Dies At 91.</i></a> In: <i><a href="The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a>.</i> 2. Juni 2023,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 3. Juni 2023</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AC.+Donald+Bateman&rft.title=Don+Bateman%2C+%E2%80%98Father%E2%80%99+Of+Terrain+Awareness+Warning+Systems%2C+Dies+At+91&rft.description=Don+Bateman%2C+%E2%80%98Father%E2%80%99+Of+Terrain+Awareness+Warning+Systems%2C+Dies+At+91&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2023%2F06%2F02%2Ftechnology%2Fdon-bateman-dead.html&rft.creator=Richard+Sandomir&rft.date=2023-06-02&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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