Visual Acuity and Reaction Time in Navy Fighter Pilots,
Abstract
This report summarizes data on selected visual measures for Navy fighter pilots. The vision of 163 pilots was measured using an Automated Vision Test Battery housed in a Mobile Field Laboratory. All pilots were involved in training at the Tactical Air Combat Training System (TACTS) range, NAS Oceana, VA. Data on simple visual reaction time, spot detection ability, static visual acuity under several conditions are reported, and the influences of age and spectacles on vision are examined. The average high contrast acuity score was 0. 40 minutes of visual angle, or 20/8 Snellen; no pilot had worse than 20/15 acuity. These findings, together with other data, suggest that Navy fighter pilots have better vision than non-aviators of the same age, and possibly better vision than Student Naval Aviators. Correlational analyses suggest that acuity threshold, simple visual reaction time, and threshold stressed reaction time, are independent measures of visual functioning. Spectacled pilots had poorer vision than non-spectacled pilots, and older pilots tended to have poorer vision than younger pilots.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA178485
Entities
People
- A. Morris
- P. V. Hamilton
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory