SkyView
Airplane Flight Manual Supplement, Rev N,
10/23/2020
Page | 7-27
7.9.2.3 Bottom Band
The Bottom Band allows EMS information to be displayed along with the PFD and/or Map on one
display screen.
On Single-engine airplanes, the Bottom Band (see
) is used for all normal flight operations
unless a dedicated EMS display is installed. This is because the required information can be
displayed in the Bottom Band, and the remainder of the display screen can be used for the PFD
and/or Map displays, especially if the airplane only has one display.
On Twin-engine airplanes, the Bottom Band (see
) can be used to show the required
information if the dedicated EMS display unit fails.
Figure 13: Example Bottom Band for Twin-engine Airplanes
The Bottom Band can be partially obscured by the Map page. The result is a partial Bottom Band
(see
) with primary engine instruments. A full Bottom Band (see
) is available
for primary and secondary engine instruments by controlling the Map page size. The Map page
size is controlled by the operation of the Map Minimize/Maximize control button that appears on
the Map page (see
.
Pressing the map button toggles the map to maximize or minimize
the page. Engine and system alerts continue to function even if the Map is maximized.
