Definition
A flight director display format that shows pitch and roll guidance using two separate command bars — one horizontal bar for pitch and one vertical bar for roll — which the pilot keeps centered on the aircraft symbol to follow the commanded flight path.
Plain English
A way the flight director shows you what to do, using two separate bars: one tells you to pitch up or down, the other tells you to bank left or right. You fly the airplane so each bar lines up on the center symbol.
Context Anchor
Seen in discussions of flight director displays and automatic flight control systems in instrument flying.
Derivation
"Cue" comes from theatre, where it means a signal telling an actor what to do next. In a two cue presentation, the pilot gets two separate signals — one for pitch, one for roll — instead of a single combined signal.
Why Pilots Care
Gives clearer, independent guidance for pitch and roll corrections during instrument flight, reducing the chance of over-controlling the aircraft.
Intuition Check
Do not read “two cue” as two warnings or two checklist items. Here, a cue is a visual guidance signal on the flight instrument.
Example Sentence 1
The Cessna's flight director uses a two cue presentation, so during the approach the captain centered the horizontal bar to hold pitch and the vertical bar to hold the localizer.
Example Sentence 2
With two cue presentation active, the horizontal bar guided pitch while the vertical bar showed the needed bank correction.