Primary flight instruments for the Boeing 777 airplane

Richard I. McCartney; James H. Ackerman

doi:10.1117/12.177772

17 June 1994 Primary flight instruments for the Boeing 777 airplane

Richard I. McCartney, James H. Ackerman

Proceedings Volume 2219, Cockpit Displays; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177772
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Honeywell provides both the primary flight instruments (EFIS and EICAS) and the FMS Control and Display Unit (CDU) for the Boeing 777 all-glass flightdeck. These instruments feature high resolution, full color, active matrix, liquid crystal display panels. Both the CDU and the D-Size Display Unit features grayscale, very wide horizontal and vertical viewing angles, high contrast with an achromatic background over viewing angle, a large color gamut, temperature compensation for graylevel stability at all operating temperatures, heaters for cold temperature start-up and 100 fL brightness with a 2000:1 dimming range. The display system architecture, optical performance and key LCD technology features are reviewed here.

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Richard I. McCartney and James H. Ackerman "Primary flight instruments for the Boeing 777 airplane", Proc. SPIE 2219, Cockpit Displays, (17 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.177772

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