LABORATORY STUDIES OF THE ABILITY OF OBSERVERS TO PERFORM THREE VISUAL TASKS REQUIRED OF PILOTS IN APPROACH AND LANDING
Abstract
A series of laboratory studies was conducted to describe the ability of adult human subjects to perform visual tasks representative of those performed by pilots during final approach and landing design parameters. Results of these studies can be used as preliminary design guides for airport and heliport lighting systems. The present studies should be expanded to include dynamic conditions and results should be validated under operational flight conditions. Performance in three visual tasks was studied in relation to lighting design variations. Judgment of vertical displacement was related to variations in geometric shape and to amount of separation between a pair of point sources. Judgment of lateral displacement was related to length of a solid line and interval of separation between two point sources where the stimuli were oriented colinear with the line of sight. Judgment of rotation from a horizontal orientation was related to length of line and interval of separation between two point sources where the stimuli were oriented perpendicular to the line of sight.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0423425
Entities
People
- Terrence S. Luce
- W. S. Vaughan Jr.
- Wallace F. Rollins