Patent ID: 7467030

Claim:
A flight control indicator for an aircraft which is guided along a flight trajectory which comprises: a vertical trajectory comprising a plurality of successive vertical segments, which are rectilinear and each represents a particular slope; and a lateral trajectory comprising a plurality of successive lateral branches, which are rectilinear and represent a particular course, which indicator comprises: a central unit able to determine any change of trajectory corresponding to a vertical change which represents a change of vertical segment or a lateral change which represents a change of lateral branch; and a display: which is able to present, on at least one viewing screen: at least one first indicator indicating at least one next vertical change; and at least one second indicator indicating at least one next lateral change; and which is formed in such a way as to present at least one of said first and second indicators, namely the one indicating the change of trajectory which is closest, from the current position of the aircraft.