Vertical situation display terrain/waypoint swath, range to target speed, and blended airplane reference

Abstract

A flight information display for the flight deck of an aircraft showing a pictorial side view of the flight path or the area directly in front of the aircraft area having a selected distance of at least 0.5 nautical miles, comprising (a) a pictorial representation to scale of the profile of the highest elevations of a swath of terrain along said path or area, (b) an icon positioned on the left or right side of the display representing the aircraft, the altitude of which is to scale with the height of the terrain, and (c) an altitude reference scale; wherein the width of the swath is at least 0.1 nautical miles and no greater than the distance of the minimum accuracy of the means for determining the aircraft's location.

1 . A flight information display for a flight deck of an aircraft, the display showing a side view of a landing approach path for the aircraft on a runway, the display comprising: 
 a pictorial representation to scale of a profile of a current projected path of descent of the aircraft;    a pictorial representation to the same scale of a profile of a vertical glide slope of the approach path;    an icon positioned on the left or right side of the display representing the aircraft, the altitude of which is depicted to the same scale; and    an altitude reference scale.    
   
   
       2 . The display of  claim 1 , wherein the representation of the glide slope includes a triangle overlaying the projected path of the descent of the aircraft.