Patent ID: 8050860

Claim:
A method of displaying a flight plan of an aircraft, comprising: determining the flight plan of the aircraft using a plurality of successive waypoints; presenting at least one main page including at least part of a set of indications which illustrates said flight plan on at least one viewing screen of the aircraft, said set of indications configured to identify said waypoints and providing additional information relating to the waypoints; a scroll unit configured to scroll said set of indications presented on the viewing screen and for operator use; determining a flight phase which is associated with a respective waypoint for each of said waypoints; and presenting a plurality of indication sections, associated with said set of indications, on said viewing screen, each of said indication sections including: an identification zone which designates a particular flight phase; and the flight phase of said identification zone positioned on the viewing screen alongside or in proximity to one or more of said waypoints so that each of said waypoints of the flight plan is associated with the corresponding flight phase and is presented together on the viewing screen, wherein: the identification zone of each of said indication sections is of an interactive type so that, when the identification zone is activated, the viewing screen replaces said main page with a flight phase page which provides information about the particular flight phase designated by said identification zone; and an activation unit configured to activate an identification zone which is configured for use by the operator.