Airsickness during Naval Flight Officer Training: Basic Squadron VT-10
Abstract
This report is the first in a series dealing with a longitudinal study of Naval Flight Officer airsickness in the Basic, Advanced, and Fleet Readiness (RAG) squadrons comprising the complete training program. Data from 5, 394 hops flown by 408 VT-10 students indicate that airsickness occurred on approximately 16 percent of the total hops flown, vomiting occurred on 7 percent of the total, and performance degradation caused by airsickness occurred on 11 percent of the flights. Approximately 74 percent of the students reported being airsick on at least one flight, 39 percent reported vomiting on one or more flights, and 59 percent considered their flight performance to have been degraded by airsickness on one or more hops. The report details the incidence of airsickness by hops and by students; presents the results of several brief motion reactivity tests to which a large segment of the population was exposed; and relates the flight and test data for different student subpopulations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 08, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA079948
Entities
People
- Fred E. Guedry Jr.
- Garry L. Holtzman
- J. Michael Lentz
- Patrick F. O'connell
- W. C. Hixson
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory