Abstract: A method for displaying information to a pilot or operator of a manned or unmanned aerial vehicle to facilitate safe operation of the aerial vehicle includes the steps of providing a display screen, displaying a three dimensional Cartesian coordinate system having a horizontal axis, a vertical axis and a depth axis on the display screen, displaying a model of an aerial vehicle on the screen in a manner that represents the position and velocity of the aerial vehicle relative to the coordinate system, displaying the horizontal axis and the vertical axis in a selected manner to indicate a potentially unsafe condition and providing an altitude display near the vertical axis. The display screen provides warnings to indicate unsafe conditions of altitude and pitch angle and includes objects that represent the ground. The ground objects move on the screen to indicate the speed and direction of the aerial vehicle.