glass cockpit
Screenified pilot station
A glass cockpit is an aircraft flight deck where traditional analog instruments—round dials, gauges, and mechanical indicators—have been replaced by digital displays, typically LCD screens that present flight data electronically.
The term contrasts with older "steam gauge" cockpits and references how the modern panels appear as expanses of glass rather than clusters of individual instruments.
Glass cockpits consolidate information, reduce pilot workload, and allow for customizable displays.
The new regional jets all feature glass cockpits.
- PFDWearable flotation equipment, abbreviated
- digital displaysVisual output via pixels
- flight deckPilot's control area
- HUDVisual information overlay
- avionicsAircraft electronic equipment
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