An apparatus adapted to provide visual attitude reference emulating a window displaying an image that approximates the view of an occupant seated at a window of a cabin of an aircraft, the apparatus comprising: at least one video camera (50, 52) to be mounted on the aircraft for capturing an electronic image of an environment exterior to the aircraft; a plurality of video monitors (22B, 22C, 24B, 24C, 26B, 26C, 32B, 32C, 34B, 34C, 36B, 36C) adapted to serve as virtual windows, which plurality of video monitors are configured to be positioned in a spaced-apart relationship along a longitudinal length of the aircraft, and further adapted to receive the electronic image from one camera of the at least one video camera and to provide to the occupant electronic images of the environment external to the aircraft; and a computer connecting the at least one video camera with the plurality of video monitors, characterised in that the computer is configured to utilize occupant location data representative of the occupant's eye position relative to the plurality of video monitors to determine the image displayed on each one of the plurality of video monitors, wherein each of the plurality of monitors displays a different image, wherein the different image displayed on each of the plurality of monitors provides a substantially same field of view to the occupant as would be experienced by a similarly situated occupant through the window, and wherein the plurality of video monitors emulates a row of windows provided to a single occupant, each monitor presenting a different image, with the orientation and field of view of each of the images being determined by the viewer's eye position relative to the respective monitor. at least one video camera (50, 52) to be mounted on the aircraft for capturing an electronic image of an environment exterior to the aircraft; a plurality of video monitors (22B, 22C, 24B, 24C, 26B, 26C, 32B, 32C, 34B, 34C, 36B, 36C) adapted to serve as virtual windows, which plurality of video monitors are configured to be positioned in a spaced-apart relationship along a longitudinal length of the aircraft, and further adapted to receive the electronic image from one camera of the at least one video camera and to provide to the occupant electronic images of the environment external to the aircraft; and a computer connecting the at least one video camera with the plurality of video monitors, characterised in that the computer is configured to utilize occupant location data representative of the occupant's eye position relative to the plurality of video monitors to determine the image displayed on each one of the plurality of video monitors, wherein each of the plurality of monitors displays a different image, wherein the different image displayed on each of the plurality of monitors provides a substantially same field of view to the occupant as would be experienced by a similarly situated occupant through the window, and wherein the plurality of video monitors emulates a row of windows provided to a single occupant, each monitor presenting a different image, with the orientation and field of view of each of the images being determined by the viewer's eye position relative to the respective monitor.