AIRSICKNESS IN STUDENT AVIATORS
Abstract
One thousand sixty-seven student Naval aviators were rated at the end of each flight during the pre-solo and basic acrobatic phase of training by the flight instructor for the presence or absence of nausea or vomiting during the flight. To be so rated, the airsickness had to be severe enough to cause inability to control the aircraft. In this manner, a profile of the patterns of airsickness was obtained on each student over the course of the primary flight training. The incidence of this type airsickness was 17.6 per cent (188 students out of 1.067). Correlations between incidents of airsickness per student and their ground school grades and flight grades were not statistically significant. There are three main periods during which the majority (79 per cent) of airsickness occurs. These are the initial three training flights, the seventh, and the first three dual acrobatic flights. These periods are closely correlated with the various and different peaks of physiologic and psychologic stresses during this phase of training and provide useful baselines for the evaluation of airsickness in student aviators.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 12, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0622777
Entities
People
- Asa L. Godbey
- David J. Hand
- Gary J. Tucker
- Roger F. Reinhardt