New Flight Display Formats

Abstract

Electro-mechanical (E-M) instruments, which have been associated with aircraft cockpits since World War I, are rapidly being replaced by electro-optical instruments in both military and civilian aircraft. As the conversion continues, questions arise as to the impact of these displays on the pilot's efficiency. One of the most important issues of the modern cockpit centers around the pilot-computer interface - that is, are the display's graphic formats, which have replaced the tried and true E-M instruments, intuitive? This paper describes three new ways to present flight information to the pilot on head down and head up displays and discusses research results geared toward answering this question.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 12, 1995
Accession Number
ADA430578

Entities

People

  • David C. Hartsock
  • John M. Reising
  • Kristen K. Liggett

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Attitude Indicators
  • Computer Graphics
  • Course Deviation Indicators
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Indicators
  • Instrument Panels
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Standards
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Standards
  • Weapon Delivery
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.