Patent ID: 7365705

Claim:
A flight control display for control display for orientation of a pilot of an aircraft during an approach toward a destination, said display comprising: a center of the display as a fixed point which depicts the position of the aircraft in a horizontal plane, viewed from above; an aircraft symbol with a center that indicates a longitudinal axis of the aircraft, and a lateral line that indicates a current attitude of the aircraft; a destination position symbol, which includes a reference line, and a position symbol that has a predetermined shape and corresponds to a desired destination in said horizontal plane; and a skyline with a center; wherein, one of the following is true, i) the aircraft symbol is displayed at the center of the display; and ii) the skyline is displayed with its center at the center of the display; when the aircraft rotates about the longitudinal axis by a first angle, the skyline and the aircraft symbol rotate relative to each other, by the same first angle; the destination position symbol is displayed at a distance from the center and its reference line points to the center of the display as a reference point, such that the reference line indicates a direction from the aircraft to the destination, in said horizontal plane; and the destination position symbol is rotated around the reference point depending on the aircraft's direction relative to the desired destination direction.