Visual perception in high-speed low-altitude flight.
An ongoing exploratory development program on visual perception and control in high-speed low-altitude flight is being conducted by the Human Engineering Division of the Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory. This paper begins with a discussion of the necessity of vision for low-altitude flight; proceeds to an analysis of objectives, strategies, and issues in designing a comprehensive research program; presents an overview of several experiments in support of the effort; and ends with a discussion of perceptual information. One of the simulator experiments involves the use of a non-mimetic task, flying at a zero altitude in the presence of strong gusts, in an effort to maximize adaptation to the low-altitude environment. Implications for simulator use are discussed.
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Harry G. Armstrong Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Human Engineering Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433-6573.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D000531:Altitude; D001359:Aviation; D006801:Humans; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*