Air-to-Air Visual Acquisition Handbook

Abstract

The document describes a set of computer programs that provide a practical means for predicting air-to-air visual acquisition performance for aircraft on collision courses. The programs are based upon a mathematical model of pilot visual acquisition performance. Guidelines are provided for selecting model parameters based upon previously collected flight test data. Selected results of computer analysis are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1991
Accession Number
ADA243807

Entities

People

  • J. W. Andrews

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Sets
  • Flight Training
  • Iterations
  • Lead Time
  • Mathematical Models
  • Operating Systems
  • Pilots
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.