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Head-up display (HUD)

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.

Dictionary Term

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.
  • See head-up guidance system (HGS).

References

  • Instrument Flying Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2014
  • Instrument Procedures Handbook, Federal Aviation Administration, 2017