The View from the Other End of the Microscope or I'd Rather be Flying

Abstract

This paper takes a figurative walk through the last 20 years in the simulator world. It looks back through the microscope from the pilot's point of view. The accusation is that (despite our good intentions) we have (1) overestimated the simulator's capabilities; (2) failed to plan adequately for its use; (3) overemphasized fidelity in the place of training capability; and (4) overcomplicated these devices by trying to incorporate too many whistles and bells. Indoing so we have developed pilots who aren't fighting to fly simulators. The basic recommendation is that we as developers, buyers, and managers of aircrew training program might better serve the pilot's and our needs if we did a better job looking at the simulator as part of a total training program rather than as an end in itself.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000164

Entities

People

  • Stephen R. Olsen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Emergencies
  • Instructors
  • Malfunctions
  • Microscopes
  • Performance (Engineering)
  • Reliability
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Training
  • Training Devices

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.