METHOD OF CHECKING THE PRESSURE OF AN AIRCRAFT TYRE

A method of checking the pressure of a tyre of an aircraft. A pressure reading is taken from the tyre with a pressure sensor and wirelessly transmitted to a hand-held device. The hand-held device receives the pressure reading, an aircraft ID which uniquely identifies the aircraft, and a tyre ID. The device then retrieves from a memory a reference pressure level associated in the memory with the aircraft ID and the tyre ID; compares either the pressure reading, or an adjusted pressure based on the pressure reading, with the reference pressure level; and displays a warning if the pressure reading, or the adjusted pressure based on the pressure reading, is below the reference pressure level.