velocity vector 10 airplane pitch symbol 12 and flight path acceleration 16 in the preferred embodiment the invention utilizes television camera 2 eadi 6 including the existing symbology to provide imagery of the airdrop zone as the aircraft approaches the airdrop target the orientation of television camera is fixed along the yaw axis of the aircraft but is movable from 0 u00b0 to 90 u00b0 below the pitch axis of the aircraft this is accomplished by known servo system techniques not shown and is controlled on the flight deck usually by the pilot in an alternate embodiment the orientation of camera 2 could be a direct function of the aircraft speed brake type lever position specifically full aft lever position would correspond to zero degrees down camera tilt and full forward lever position would correspond to 90 u00b0 down camera tilt in addition superimposed over the imagery of the terrain below the aircraft and eadi symbology is the locus of instantaneous impact points represented by line 13 and the instantaneous impact point represented by line 14 the locus of instantaneous impact points 13 see fig2 provides the pilot with an indication of the ground track of the aircraft and represents the line along which airdrop loads would impact the ground if no lateral disturbances such as crosswinds exist if such a condition exists as shown in fig3 line 13 is shifted laterally or angularly by computer 4 to compensate for the effects of crosswind and aircraft altitude the instantaneous impact point 14 moves.