Abstract: An aircraft display and control system includes a computer, a trackball and selection device, an aeronautical information database, a geographic database, and a plurality of flat panel display devices. The aircraft crew can perform flightplan entry and modification by manipulating graphical information on the display devices using cursor control.

Abstract: An aircraft display and control system includes a primary flight director and a head-up display. A flight management system computer generates a current aircraft velocity vector reticle, a desired aircraft velocity reticle, a speed reticle, an acceleration reticle, and a pitch reticle. The flight management system computer conformably generates a waypoint icon in the pilot's view through the windshield superimposed upon the position in the view of the geographic location and altitude of the actual waypoint.

Abstract: An aircraft includes a system for managing check lists solely by operation of a four-position rocker switch having a center return position. The system includes check list data organized into three levels and automatically displayed upon occurrence of an abnormal condition.

Abstract: An aircraft flight deck includes a primary flight display device and a combined autopilot/autothrottle controller. The controller is mounted on the flight panel below the windshield in a vertical line with the primary flight display. A thumb-activated multiaxis control switch is mounted on the control yoke and operates exclusively to adjust a preselected trajectory commanded to the autopilot when moved leftfright or fore/aft. Depressing the switch in a vertical axis in a position generates an ENABLE signal to activate the commanded preselected trajectory.