PILOT'S VIEW

Inspired by the sophisticated transparent displays of flight data on aircraft windshields, Bell & Ross launches the BR 03-92 HUD

- KC YAP

FOLLOWING THE LAUNCH of the BR 01 in 2005, Bell & Ross has been building up a dedicated collection of instrument timepieces directly inspired by the different flight instruments in aircraft cockpits, starting with the BR 01 Radar in 2010. Among other individual references that followed were the Altimeter and Horizon in 2012, the Airspeed and Heading Indicator in 2013, and last year’s Bi-Compass.

In 2020, as part of its continuing quest for innovation and performance, Bell & Ross turned its attention from the flight deck to the windshield’s head-up display and introduced another marvel of an instrument timepiece in the form of the BR 03-92 HUD. The headup display is a transparent glass screen that displays all information essential to flying, including the horizon line, altitude, speed and flight path vector, in the pilot’s visual field, with the primary function of keeping the pilot focused on his line of sight.