Results of a Longitudinal Study of Airsickness during Naval Flight Officer Training: Executive Summary.

Abstract

This paper is an executive summary of a series of reports describing a longitudinal study of airsickness in a large sample of Naval Flight Officers being trained to perform various nonpilot flight duties prior to fleet assignment. Airsickness data are reported on over 28,000 individual hops flown by approximately 800 students as they progressed through the Basic, Advanced, and Fleet Readiness Squadron phases of their flight training. Topics discussed include: airsickness as a function of phase of training; pipeline differences; individuals with repeated difficulties; predictive laboratory tests; attritions; use of medication; and methods of identifying students with a continuing airsickness problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 09, 1984
Accession Number
ADA150887

Entities

People

  • F. E. Guedry Jr.
  • J. M. Lentz
  • W. C. Hixson

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Biomedical Research
  • Executives
  • Flight
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Training
  • Instructors
  • Judgment
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Medicine
  • Pipelines
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • Training

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.