Aircraft flight guidance panels with a display disposed between two input portions

A flight guidance panel for an aircraft, the flight guidance panel comprising:

• a first user input portion disposed on a pilot's side of the flight guidance panel, the first user input portion comprising a first panel selector that receives first panel selection input to select one of a plurality of displayed functional panels to be active for adjustment;
• a second user input portion disposed on a co-pilot's side of the flight guidance panel, the second user input portion comprising a second panel selector that receives second panel selection input to select one of the plurality of displayed functional panels to be active for adjustment, wherein the second user input portion provides redundancy for the first user input portion;
• a display disposed between the first user input portion and the second user input portion, wherein the first user input portion is distinct and separate from the display, the second user input portion is distinct and separate from the display, and the second user input portion is distinct and separate from the first user input portion;
• and
• a controller configured for:
• generating the plurality of displayed functional panels for presentation on the display, each of the plurality of displayed functional panels associated with a respective flight parameter of the aircraft, each of the displayed functional panels being void of control knobs;
• selecting one of the plurality of functional panels to be an active functional panel for editing with the first user input portion or the second user input portion, wherein the selecting is responsive to a panel selection input received from the first panel selector or the second panel selector;
• and
• selectively controlling, with input from a first control knob of the first user input portion or input from a second control knob of the second user input portion, the active functional panel to adjust the respective flight parameter of the aircraft that is associated with the active functional panel;
• wherein each of the first panel selector and the second panel selector comprises a respective touchscreen input portion, and wherein the controller is further configured to present, on each touchscreen input portion, a list that identifies the plurality of functional panels as selectable icons.