Visual display apparatus

A runway model for use in a flight simulator visual display system, comprising, in combination:

• a generally flat base member having a simulated aircraft runway depicted on a first surface thereof, said runway extending in a first direction along said surface from an approach end;
• a first optical fiber having a longitudinal axis, an input end and an output end, said output end comprising a polished flat surface ground relative to the axis of said fiber at said output end at an angle approximating 45.degree. less one-half of a simulated glide slope angle, said output end of said fiber extending through said flat member with at least a portion of said flat surface at said output end extending beyond said first surface of said member, with said axis of said fiber at said output end being generally perpendicular to said first surface and with said flat surface at said output end facing away from the approach end of said simulated runway;
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• light source means for supplying light to said input end of said fiber for transmittance by said fiber to its output end, whereby said flat surface at said output end reflects said fiber transmitted light toward said approach end of said runway at said simulated glide slope angle.