English: (description comes from image source) A six-frame sequence illustrating the manner in which TAWS operates. A TAWS installation is aircraft specific and provides warnings and cautions based upon time to potential impact with terrain rather than distance. The TAWS is illustrated in an upper left window while aircrew view is provided out of the windscreen.

(A) illustrates the aircraft in relation to the outside terrain while (B) and (C) illustrate the manner in which the TAWS system displays the terrain. (D) is providing a caution of terrain to be traversed, while (E) provides an illustration of a warning with an aural and textural advisory (red) to pull up. (E) also illustrates a pilot taking appropriate action (climb in this case) while (F) illustrates that a hazard is no longer a factor.