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An experiment to evaluate transfer of upset-recovery training conducted using two different flight simulation devices /

Air transport training programs provide simulator-based upset-recovery instruction for company pilots. However, no prior research demonstrates that such training transfers to an airplane in flight. We report on an FAA-funded research experiment to evaluate upset-recovery training transfer. Two group...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: United States. Office of Aerospace Medicine, ENVIRONMENTAL TECTONICS CORP SOUTH HAMPTON PA
Other Authors: Leland, Richard, Rogers, Rodney O., Boquet, Albert, Glaser, Scott
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, [2009]
Subjects:
Airplanes > Piloting > Human factors.
Flight simulators > Research.
Aviation medicine > United States.
Military Aircraft Operations.
Personnel Management and Labor Relations.
Flight training.
Flight simulation.
Training devices.
Pilots.
Company level organizations.
Microcomputers.
Flight simulators.
Turning(maneuvering)
Attitude(inclination)
Performance(human)
Aircraft.
Recovery.
Air force training.
TRAINING TRANSFER
CENTRIFUGE-BASED FLIGHT SIMULATOR
AEROBATIC AIRPLANES
Online Access:https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS120387
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Summary:Air transport training programs provide simulator-based upset-recovery instruction for company pilots. However, no prior research demonstrates that such training transfers to an airplane in flight. We report on an FAA-funded research experiment to evaluate upset-recovery training transfer. Two groups of participants were given simulator-based training in upset-recovery, one in a high-end centrifuge-based device, the other using Microsoft Flight Simulator running on desktop computers. A third control group received no upset-recovery training at all. All three groups were then subjected to serious in-flight upsets in an aerobatic airplane. Pilots from both trained groups significantly outperformed control group pilots in upset-recovery maneuvering. However, performance differences between pilots from the two trained groups were less distinct. Moreover, pilot performance in both trained groups fell well short of the performance exhibited by pilots experienced in all attitude flight. Although we conducted flight testing in a general aviation airplane, our research has important implications for heavy aircraft upset-recovery trainers.
Item Description:Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 11, 2010).
"September 2009."
"DOT/FAA/AM-09/17."
"OK-09-0434-JAH."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (iii, 14 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-14).
Access:APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.