A navigation and guidance computer system using navigation sensors to determine aircraft position, and automatically control the aircraft to fly from an initial position (410, 502) to intercept and follow a crew-selected rendezvous orbit (208) in accordance with Air Traffic Control and military spectified rules. It creates maneuvers that result in smooth, efficient motion of the aircraft from an initial position (410, 502) to the execution of a rendezvous orbita (208). It controls the aircraft by applying commands to the aircraft's autopitot. The system creates the smooth and coordinated maneuvers by considering and anticipating all constraints on the aircraft flight path by creating a single maneuver that is a re-entry maneuver, an over fly manerver, and a turning maneuver all as a single turn that is contained entirely within the allowable airspace (206). All maneuvers are created and executed recognizing the turning capability of the aircraft considering allowable bank angles, current wind conditions and true airspeed.
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