Female Hairstyle and Flight Helmet Accommodation: The AMELIA Project. Phase I: Survey Study. Part 1: Research Report.

Abstract

Most personal protective equipment in current military aviation was designed with male aircrew in mind. To ensure that female aviator performance is not hampered by improperly fitted or sized equipment, the U.S. Navy (USN) established the Aircrew Modified Equipment Leading to Increased Accommodation (AMELIA) program. In this Phase I study, a novel questionnaire was distributed to a variety of USN and U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) aviation installations around the world to assess the effect of female hairstyles on flight helmet performance and safety. One hundred and one completed questionnaires were returned to the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) resulting in a response rate of 21-40%.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA361529

Entities

People

  • B. Joseph McEntire
  • Barbara A. Murphy
  • Ben T. Mozo
  • John S. Crowley

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Aircrafts
  • Demography
  • Flight Crews
  • Flight Helmets
  • Helmets
  • Hot Spots
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Aviation
  • Night Vision
  • Oxygen Masks
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Pilots
  • Protective Equipment
  • Protective Masks
  • Questionnaires
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Materials Science