An aircraft navigation system which has a rectilinear navigation director with a fixed aircraft indicia and which continuously indicates the heading of the aircraft. The system also allows the setting of a waypoint or the use of a navigation station and the track may be set to fly to the waypoint or station, or at an offset distance, if desired.
The present invention relates to an indicator for monitoring the path of an aircraft in a horizontal plane, comprising: sensors delivering information relating to said aircraft, means for processing the information delivered by said sensors, means for displaying the signals delivered by said processing means presenting on a display screen: a symbol (11) portraying the position of the aircraft, the extensions of which designate the longitudinal (X--X) and transverse (Y--Y) axes of the aircraft, a compass rose (10) which can move in rotation about said symbol. According to the invention, said compass rose (10) presents a deformation along at least one of said longitudinal (X--X) and transverse (Y--Y) axes.
