Experimental Study of Vertical Flight Path Mode Awareness

An experimental simulator study was run to test pilot detection of an error in autopilot mode selection. Active airline air crew were asked to fly landing approaches by commanding the Flight Path Angle mode while monitoring the approach with both a Head Up Display and Head Down Displays. During one...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Johnson, Eric N., Pritchett, Amy R.
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: International Center for Air Transportation 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35913