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Figure 3 is a conceptual view of the singular view of the invention when only one

wireless/ejectable flight data recorder(4) is used in the configuration. the ejection sensor

system (6) shown in the diagram senses the pending crash and causes the flight data

recorder (4) to deploy from the aircraft fully equipped with the emergency locator

transmitter (12) allowing investigators to locate the device immediately. The flotation

system (16) allows the black box to float to surface of water if the crash occurred in water

and there is a solar panel or solar materials to extend the life of the batteries of the fdr.

Figure 4 is a conceptual and logical view of the data collection processor (17) which

is a software module embedded within the quick access recorder, and which has two (2)

subroutines for data compaction (32), and data encryption(33), the data compaction (32)

algorithm is desirable to compact the data which passes through the system in order to use

less bandwidth, and faster data transfer to remote data centers (25) the data collection

processor (17) is a desirable element in the design and practice of this invention since

potential large amounts of data is transmitted/received via satellite (23) or cellular

communications. The data collection processor 17 is an essential element to the efficient

design of the invention.

Figure 5 is a conceptual view of a wireless satellite network interface (22) and

integrated antenna (19) which is used by the quick access recorder (2) to access the

satellite network (30) for interstellar data communication between the fdr black boxes and

remote data centers (25) where flight data is backup and available for real-time access As

shown in this illustration, all of the data between the deployable, flight data recorder quick

access recorder (2) are synchronized. As shown here, the wireless satellite network

interface (30) provides the actual communications link for updates to remote data centers

(25) which contain a backup copy of the flight data. All flight data captured from the

satellite communications link will be processed by the data collection processor and then

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