The effects of out-of-the-window cues on learning a straight-in landing approach and a level 360deg turn by novice pilots on a flight simulator have been investigated. The treatments consisted of training with and without visual cues as well as density of visual cues. The performance of the participants was then evaluated through similar but more challenging tasks. It was observed that the participants in the landing study who trained with visual cues performed poorly than those who trained without the cues. However the performance of those who trained with a faded-cues sequence performed slightly better than those who trained without visual cues. In the level turn study it was observed that those who trained with the visual cues performed better than those who trained without visual cues. The study also showed that those participants who trained with a lower density of cues performed better than those who trained with a higher density of visual cues.


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    Title :

    An Experimental Study of the Effect of Out-of-the-Window Cues on Training Novice Pilots on a Flight Simulator


    Contributors:
    Khan, M. Javed (author) / Rossi, Marcia (author) / Heath, Bruce (author) / Ali, Syed F. (author) / Ward, Marcus (author)

    Conference:

    Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) 50th Annual Meeting ; 2006 ; San Francisco, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    2006-10-16


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English