A COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL VISION CUES ON PILOT PERFORMANCE during instrument flight in DISSIMILAR AIRCRAFT SIMULATORS,

Abstract

Pilot response to peripheral vision cues relating to aircraft bank angle was studied during instrument flight in two simulators representing (1) a conventional, medium weight, piston engine airliner, and (2) a heavy, jet engine, sweptwing transport. There was no statistically significant difference found between pilot performance in the dissimilar type aircraft, suggesting that peripheral vision cues may be equally useful regardless of differences in size, weight and flight characteristics of fixed wing aircraft. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0688425

Entities

People

  • A. Howard Hasbrook

Organizations

  • Civil Aeromedical Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Engines
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight
  • Flight Simulators
  • Instrument Flight
  • Jet Engines
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Piston Engines
  • Simulators

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience