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This device for displaying information relative to a flight configuration of the aircraft provided with at least one propulsion system, able to generate a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, said information comprising information relative to an energy variation of the aircraf

This device for displaying information relative to a flight configuration of the aircraft provided with at least one propulsion system, able to generate a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, said information comprising information relative to an energy variation of the aircraft, is characterized in that the energy variation of the aircraft is expressed by a size representative of this energy variation and homogenous at a gradient of the aircraft, and in that said device is capable of representing a range of energy variations that can be achieved by said aircraft and a current energy variation of said aircraft. Corresponding method and system for displaying an energy variation.

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1. A device for displaying flight information relative to a flight configuration of an aircraft, the aircraft including at least one propulsion system, the propulsion system generating a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, the flight information comprising information relative

1. A device for displaying flight information relative to a flight configuration of an aircraft, the aircraft including at least one propulsion system, the propulsion system generating a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, the flight information comprising information relative to an energy variation of the aircraft, the information relative to an energy variation of the aircraft including an energy variation range that can be achieved by the aircraft and a current energy variation of said aircraft, wherein the energy variation of the aircraft is expressed by a value representative of that energy variation and homogenous at a gradient of the aircraftthe device including a display for showing the flight information. 2. The device for displaying information according to claim 1, wherein the flight information includes an ordered energy variation. 3. The device for displaying information according to claim 2, wherein the flight information includes information relative to a flight configuration of the aircraft, the flight configuration represented on the display by an artificial skyline and a symbol of the direction of a speed vector of the aircraft the distance of the symbol from said artificial skyline representative of a ground gradient of the aircraft, and the energy variation range represented on the display by a segment laterally offset relative to said symbol representing the direction of the speed vector of the aircraft, the segment further including symbols shown along the segment, the symbols indicating said current energy variation of the aircraft and the ordered energy variation. 4. The device for displaying information according to claim 3, wherein the energy variation range is represented on the display as a graduated scale of the energy variation along the length of said segment. 5. The device for displaying information according to claim 3, wherein the aircraft also includes at least one braking system able to exert a drag force on the aircraft, and wherein the flight information further includes a maximum energy variation that the aircraft can achieve when said braking system exerts a drag force on the aircraft and a minimum energy variation that the aircraft can achieve when said braking system exerts a drag force on the aircraft, such maximum energy variation represented on the display by a first reference on the segment and such minimum energy variation represented on the display by a second reference on the segment. 6. The device for displaying information according to claim 5, the flight information further including a minimum energy variation that can be achieved by the aircraft when said braking system does not exert any drag force on the aircraft, such minimum energy variation represented by a third reference on the segment positioned between the first and second references. 7. The device for displaying information according to claim 5, the flight information further including the current energy variation and the ordered energy variation if said braking system does not exert any drag force, said energy variation and ordered energy variations represented by a second and third symbol, respectively. 8. The device for displaying information according to claim 4, wherein said aircraft includes at least one deicing system, the operation of which requires that the thrust force delivered by said propulsion system be greater than an intermediate thrust force, wherein the flight information further includes a minimum energy that can be achieved by the aircraft while allowing the operation of said deicing system, which is represented on the display by a reference on the segment. 9. The device for displaying information according to claim 3, the flight information including an energy variation of the aircraft that must be achieved for the aircraft to fly at a constant speed, such energy variation represented on the display by a reference mark alone the segment. 10. A display system, comprising: a display for showing flight information, the flight information comprising information relative to an energy variation of an aircraft, the information relative to an energy variation of the aircraft including an energy variation range that can be achieved by the aircraft and a current energy variation of said aircraft, wherein the energy variation of the aircraft is expressed by a value representative of that energy variation and homogenous at a gradient of the aircraft, and wherein the aircraft includes at least one propulsion system, the propulsion system generating a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range; anda processor, the processor determining the current energy variation of said aircraft, the processor determining the energy variation range that can be achieved by the aircraft by modifying at least said thrust force generated by said propulsion system, and the processor controlling the display. 11. The display system according to claim 10, further comprising: a control member for controlling an energy variation ordered on the aircraft, comprised in said range, the controller controlling the display on the display device of said ordered energy variation. 12. A method for displaying flight information on a display, the flight information comprising information relative to an energy variation of an aircraft, the information relative to an energy variation of the aircraft including an energy variation range that can be achieved by the aircraft and a current energy variation of said aircraft, wherein the energy variation of the aircraft is expressed by a value representative of that energy variation and homogenous at a gradient of the aircraft, and wherein the aircraft includes at least one propulsion system, the propulsion system generating a thrust force on said aircraft comprised in a thrust range, the method including the following steps: determining the current energy variation of said aircraft using a processor;determining energy variation range that can be achieved by the aircraft by modifying at least said thrust force generated by the propulsion system using the processor; anddisplaying said current energy variation and said energy variation range on the display. 13. The method of claim 12, further including the following steps: ordering an energy variation of the aircraft using a control member; anddisplaying said ordered energy variation on said display.