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Aerospace Medicine and Biology. A continuing bibliography with indexes
This bibliography lists 244 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in February 1981. Aerospace medicine and aerobiology topics are included. Listings for physiological factors, astronaut performance, control theory, artificial intelligence, and cybernetics are included
Taking Immersive VR Leap in Training of Landing Signal Officers
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2016.2518098A major training device used to train all Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) for several decades has been the Landing Signal
Officer Trainer, Device 2H111. This simulator, located in Oceana, VA, is contained within a two story tall room; it consists of several
large screens and a physical rendition of the actual instruments used by LSOs in their operational environment. The young officers
who serve in this specialty will typically encounter this system for only a short period of formal instruction (six one-hour long
sessions), leaving multiple gaps in training. While experience with 2H111 is extremely valuable for all LSO officers, the amount of
time they can spend using this training device is undeniably too short. The need to provide LSOs with an unlimited number of
training opportunities unrestricted by location and time, married with recent advancements in commercial off the shelf (COTS)
immersive technologies, provided an ideal platform to create a lightweight training solution that would fill those gaps and extend
beyond the capabilities currently offered in the 2H111 simulator. This paper details our efforts on task analysis, surveying of user
domain, mapping of 2H111 training capabilities to new prototype system to ensure its support of major training objectives of 2H111,
design and development of prototype training system, and a feasibility study that included tests of technical system performance
and informal testing with trainees at the LSO Schoolhouse. The results achieved in this effort indicate that the time for LSO training
to make the leap to immersive VR has decidedly come
Virtual image out-the-window display system study. Volume 2 - Appendix
Virtual image out-the-window display system imaging techniques and simulation devices - appendices containing background materia
Operator/equipment Performance Measures: Results Of Literature Search
Literature review focuses on topics concerning perception, acceptable transmission delay, fidelity, and visual systems, including resolution, field of view, and target-background contrast
Functional requirements for the man-vehicle systems research facility
The NASA Ames Research Center proposed a man-vehicle systems research facility to support flight simulation studies which are needed for identifying and correcting the sources of human error associated with current and future air carrier operations. The organization of research facility is reviewed and functional requirements and related priorities for the facility are recommended based on a review of potentially critical operational scenarios. Requirements are included for the experimenter's simulation control and data acquisition functions, as well as for the visual field, motion, sound, computation, crew station, and intercommunications subsystems. The related issues of functional fidelity and level of simulation are addressed, and specific criteria for quantitative assessment of various aspects of fidelity are offered. Recommendations for facility integration, checkout, and staffing are included
Test techniques for evaluating flight displays
The rapid development of graphics technology allows for greater flexibility in aircraft displays, but display evaluation techniques have not kept pace. Historically, display evaluation has been based on subjective opinion and not on the actual aircraft/pilot performance. Existing electronic display specifications and evaluation techniques are reviewed. A display rating technique analogous to handling qualities ratings was developed and is recommended for future evaluations. The choice of evaluation pilots is also discussed and the use of a limited number of trained evaluators is recommended over the use of a large number of operational pilots
Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 127, April 1974
This special bibliography lists 279 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in March 1974
The applications of satellites to communications, navigation and surveillance for aircraft operating over the contiguous United States. Volume 1 - Technical report
Satellite applications to aircraft communications, navigation, and surveillance over US including synthesized satellite network and aircraft equipment for air traffic contro
NASA aviation safety reporting system
Knowledge of limitations of the Air Traffic Control system in conflict avoidance capabilities is discussed. Assumptions and expectations held by by airmen regarding the capabilities of the system are presented. Limitations related to communication are described and problems associated with visual approaches, airspace configurations, and airport layouts are discussed. A number of pilot and controller reports illustrative of three typical problem types: occurrences involving pilots who have limited experience; reports describing inflight calls for assistance; and flights in which pilots have declined to use available radar services are presented. Examples of Alert Bulletins and the FAA responses to them are included
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