Avionics
Father of EGPWS Don Bateman Passes Away at 91
Don Bateman, who held multiple patents for flight safety-related products and retired from Honeywell in 2016, died on May 21.
Don Bateman
Don Bateman the inventor of the ground proximity warning system. (Photo: Honeywell)

Don Bateman, a Canadian electrical engineer and the inventor of the ground proximity warning system, passed away on May 21. He was 91.

Bateman spent most of his career as chief engineer of flight safety avionics at Honeywell before retiring in July 2016. In 2005, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He held 40 U.S. and 80 foreign patents for aircraft terrain avoidance systems, head-up displays and speed control/autothrottle, stall warning, automatic aircraft flight control, and weight-and-balance systems.

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