A Dynamic Channel Depiction of Navigation Data in Synthetic Vision Displays

During the last years Jeppesen has developed digital terrain, obstacle and airport databases as well as different electronic displays as part of the NASA aviation safety program. This paper describes the continuation of this work, which is now focused on a completely dynamic channel depiction of navigation procedures inside a SVS display. A human factors workshop has been conducted to identify the pilot´s expectations and requirements for channel guidance. Pilots from the GA, BA and CA segment and charting experts participated in the workshop. The workshop covered three main topics of the program. A general information and task analysis revealed what information the pilots need while flying a procedure. The two other sessions dealt with the generation of the channel trajectory and the depiction of the channel trajectory