Simulator Evaluation of Pilot Assurance Derived from an Airborne Traffic Situation Display. Phase 2. Traffic Awareness Improvement

Abstract

The research program described evaluated the pilot assurance derived from an Airborne Traffic Situation Display (ATSD), assurance being defined in terms of the pilot's awareness of his traffic environment. Forty-four professional pilots participated in a number of simulation experiments designed to measure pilot awareness using party line voice communications and a possible future system employing the ATSD. Tests were run with and without an in-trail spacing task and with one and two-man flight crews. A pilot's ability to detect and react to conflict situations was measured during both single and parallel runway operations. The effects of conflict alarms and the frequency of updating information were also examined. All experiments were conducted in a fixed-based simulator configured as a Boeing 707.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0778951

Entities

People

  • David Melanson

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Air Traffic
  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircrafts
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Communication Channels
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Detection
  • Flight Crews
  • Measurement
  • Radar
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Systems Engineering
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Voice Communications

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Networking
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects