Flight-test verification of a pictorial display for general aviation instrument approach

Abstract

Results of flight tests of the pictorial "follow me" box display results of the simulator study. The most important item of agreement was the frequency of the vertical and lateral models of motion of the pilot-aircraft-display system, which was 0.4 rad/sec in each study. Successful short, curved, descending approaches, such as are often suggested for use with microwave landing systems, can be executed with the "follow me" box display. Variations of the value of distance from the aircraft to the box were also examined using values of 736 m, 368 m, and 184 m. The results show that successful approaches can be made with all of these values. A sharper final turn and greater precision of position control are obtained with the shorter distance. Deletion of distance measuring equipment from the system was also studies. It was shown that successful approaches can be made with no distance measures included in the system, but the values of distance from the aircraft to the box that can be used are restricted