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Head-up display (HUD)

Definitions

  • A special type of flight viewing screen that allows the pilot to watch the flight instruments and other data while looking through the windshield of the aircraft for other traffic, the approach lights, or the runway.

References

  • Instrument Procedures Handbook
    Federal Aviation Administration ยท 2017