Flight guidance display
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November 14, 2001
The aircraft display for orientation of a pilot on approach to a target or runway (13). The display comprises an aircraft symbol with a middle line depicting the longitudinal axis of the plane and a perpendicular line to indicate the angle of bank. A target symbol has a reference line and a position symbol. A horizontal line turns with the aircraft symbol when the aircraft turns around its longitudinal axis. The target symbol is arranged at a distance from the center of the display with its reference line having the center at a reference point and with the horizontal line also passing through the center. The target symbol turns around the reference point, dependent on the relative alignment of the aircraft actual direction to the aircraft destination target point.
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