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Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem
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Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem

technology
Also known as: MEDS
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  • Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine
    history of flight
    / Avionics, passenger support, and safety

    …in cockpit management is the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS), which allows pilots to call up desired information on a liquid crystal display (LCD). Besides being more easily understood by a computer-literate generation of pilots, MEDS is less expensive to maintain and more easily updated than conventional instrumentation.

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    …in cockpit management is the Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS), which allows pilots to call up desired information on a liquid crystal display (LCD). Besides being more easily understood by a computer-literate generation of pilots, MEDS is less expensive to maintain and more easily updated than conventional instrumentation.

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