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An apparatus and method for automatically displaying to a flight crew member a list of electronic charts appropriate for a set flight plan or alternatively displaying the appropriate chart in response to information input into an FMS.

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1. An avionics system comprising:an electronic aviation chart database stored on-board an aircraft;a display configured to display aviation charts to a member of a flight crew on-board said aircraft;a navigation/planning system which is configured to receive information from a flight crew member whi

1. An avionics system comprising:an electronic aviation chart database stored on-board an aircraft;a display configured to display aviation charts to a member of a flight crew on-board said aircraft;a navigation/planning system which is configured to receive information from a flight crew member which is representative of portions of a flight plan;a navigation/planning system to file server unit interface which is configured to associate navigation/planning information with an aviation chart;wherein said navigation/planning system is an FMS and said navigation/planning system to file server unit interface comprises a look-up table indexing navigation data in an FMS to a database of electronic aviation charts and the navigation/planning system further comprising a microprocessor; andwherein said microprocessor generates a chart selection and causes a chart to be displayed automatically only when replacing a chart already being displayed on said display, wherein said chart selection is responsive to information from a flight crew member which is representative of portions of a flight plan. 2. A system of claim 1 wherein said navigation data in an FMS comprises said information from a flight crew member which is representative of portions of a flight plan. 3. A system of claim 2 wherein said microprocessor generates a list of charts for a flight crew member to select, wherein said list of charts is responsive to said information from a flight crew member which is representative of portions of a flight plan. 4. A method of presenting information to a member of a flight crew comprising the steps of:inputting flight plan information into a flight management system;automatically displaying on a cockpit display, in response to said step of inputting flight plan information into a flight management system, information relating to aviation charts;wherein said information relating to aviation charts comprises a newly displayed aviation chart; andwherein said newly displayed aviation chart is only automatically displayed to a flight crew member when a previous aviation chart was being displayed. 5. A method of claim 4 wherein said step of automatically displaying further comprises a step of using a look-up table. 6. A method of claim 5 wherein said stop of using a look-up table further comprises a step of indexing an ARINC 424 navdata database to an electronic aviation chart database.