Patent ID: 8279108

Claim:
A viewing system of a synthetic vision, for a first aircraft, said viewing system comprising: a cartographic database of a terrain; position sensors for said first aircraft; an air traffic detection system calculating a position and a danger rating of at least one second aircraft exhibiting a risk of collision with said first aircraft on the basis of data originating from reconnaissance sensors; an electronic computer; a man-machine interface device; and a display screen; wherein the electronic computer includes a processor configured to process various items of information originating from the cartographic database, the position sensors, and the man-machine interface device, wherein said processor is arranged to provide the display screen with a synthetic image of the terrain comprising a representation of said second aircraft, wherein said representation comprises a first symbol representing in a stylized manner said second aircraft and a second symbol, situated to the right of the first symbol when the second aircraft is facing towards the first aircraft and situated to the left of the first symbol when the second aircraft is facing away from the first aircraft or vice versa.