High-grade Atrioventricular Block in Pilot

“…Background: Atrioventricular (AV) block is a threatening condition that caused sudden loss of consciousness and death, notably if happened to aircraft pilot will compromise the reliability of flight operations and safety. …”
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Aircrafts Dedicated Guidance System based on improved mathematical model with Modern Visual Presentation by Paweł Łąkowski, Piotr Szablata, Janusz Pochmara

“…This paper aims to introduce an alternative method of navigating aerial transportation. Its goal is to aid pilot while conducting two most dangerous operations: taking off and landing the plane. …”
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Optimization of a Human-Powered Aircraft Using Fluid–Structure Interaction Simulations by Bob Vanderhoydonck, Gilberto Santo, Jan Vierendeels, Joris Degroote

“…The special type of aircrafts in which the human power of the pilot is sufficient to take off and sustain flight are known as Human-Powered Aircrafts (HPAs). …”
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Using eye tracking system for aircraft design – a flight simulator study by Parampalli Archana Hebbar, Abhay Anant Pashilkar, Pradipta Biswas

“… The authors of this paper investigated applications of eye tracking in transport aircraft design evaluations. Piloted simulations were conducted for a complete flight profile including take-off, cruise and landing flight scenario using the transport aircraft flight simulator at CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories. …”
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Distance visual acuity in air force pilots and student pilots when exposed to +Gz acceleration in human centrifuge by Ranđelović Danijela, Srećković Sunčica, Šarenac-Vulović Tatjana, Petrović Nenad

“…However, it is important for a pilot to maintain visual acuity in order to be able to monitor new functional displays for rapid orientation, scan the configuration of terrain, display of weapons systems and enemy aircraft and deal with additional issues of the complexity of spatial orientation. …”
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Flight safety warning of iced aircraft based on reachability analysis and fuzzy inference by Guoqiang Yuan, Yinghui Li, Haojun Xu

“…To deal with the uncertainty caused by icing, reachability analysis is used to estimate the safe flight envelope of iced aircraft. On this basis, fuzzy inference is employed for flight safety warning which can be used to enhance the pilot’s situational awareness in icing encounters. …”
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Structural differences in gray matter between glider pilots and non-pilots. A voxel based morphometry study. by Tosif eAhamed, Tosif eAhamed, Motoaki eKawanabe, Shin eIshii, Daniel eCallan

“…Glider flying is a unique skill that requires pilots to control an aircraft at high speeds in three dimensions and amidst frequent full body rotations. …”
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Sensors of a Beechcraft C90 Aircraft for Extension of Data Acquisition System by Elena BALMUS, Inken PELTZER

“…In-flight data acquisition is a key point in the aircraft design process. For the control of a simulated prototype using the control surfaces, state variables such as acceleration, pitch rate for longitudinal motion, and roll rate or slideslip angle for lateral-directional motion are commonly defined as control variables. …”
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Research on flight safety of left boundary of general aviation aircraft based on airworthiness by DUAN Yiqian, FU Ting

“…In order to avoid the tendency of aircraft to inadvertently depart controlled flight, the construction method of a layered defense system for the safety of general aviation aircraft in left boundary of flight envelope is proposed by improving the pilot′s state awareness, enhancing the aircraft deviation resistance and reducing the damage of loss of control, which is based on the concept of "layered defenses", and analysis of revised stall/spin clause in the new FAR-23 airworthiness standards and the accepted compliance methods. …”
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A Data-Driven Approach for Predicting and Understanding Braking Conditions of Aircraft Landings by Trávník, Marek

“…Traditional runway condition reporting is limited due to its reliance on runway contamination information and pilot reports of braking action. A database of 4.9 million aircraft landings by Aviation Safety Technologies, labeled with runway condition codes computed from aircraft sensor outputs provides a unique opportunity to enhance and modernise condition reporting using data-driven methods. …”
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Flight Control Law for Stabilizing Transient Response of the Aircraft during Gun Firing by Chang-ho Ji, Chongsup Kim, Byoung Soo Kim

“…In the gun firing system, the muzzle is usually positioned at an offset from the centerline of the aircraft to facilitate maintainability and accessibility on the ground, to ensure the pilot’s visibility, and to avoid vibrations. …”
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Vision System Measuring the Position of an Aircraft in Relation to the Runway during Landing Approach by Damian Kordos, Paweł Krzaczkowski, Paweł Rzucidło, Zbigniew Gomółka, Ewa Zesławska, Bogusław Twaróg

“…This paper presents a vision system that measures the position of an aircraft relative to the runway (RWY) during a landing approach. …”
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Aircraft Take-off and Landing Performance Calculation Method Based on Flight Simulation

“…The simulation model for a twin-engine normal layout aircraft is constructed in detail, including nonlinear motion equation, aerodynamic, engine, landing gear and dynamical mass model. …”
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Identification of In-Flight Wingtip Folding Effects on the Roll Characteristics of a Flexible Aircraft by Gaétan Dussart, Sezsy Yusuf, Mudassir Lone

“…In this paper, the authors present a method to develop reduced order flight dynamic models for in-flight wingtip folding, which are suitable for implementation in real-time pilot-in-the-loop simulations. Aspects such as the impact of wingtip size and folding angle on aircraft roll dynamics are investigated along with failure scenarios using a time domain aeroservoelastic framework and an established system identification method. …”
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Taking into account a location of aircraft’s center of mass during motion cuing by Volodymyr Kabanyachyi, Serhii Hrytsan, Serhii Yankovskyi

“…Compared to other information sources, motion cues provide a pilot with anticipatory information about spatial position and movement of aircraft. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Low Altitude Photogrammetric Surveys by Francesco Mugnai, Grazia Tucci

“…Comparing photogrammetric performances of four user-grade unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) is the main aim of this paper. …”
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In-Flight Aircraft Trajectory Optimization within Corridors Defined by Ensemble Weather Forecasts by Martin Lindner, Judith Rosenow, Thomas Zeh, Hartmut Fricke

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A Vision-Based Method for Determining Aircraft State during Spin Recovery by Tomasz Kapuscinski, Piotr Szczerba, Tomasz Rogalski, Pawel Rzucidlo, Zygmunt Szczerba

“…The proposed approach could be the basis for creating a solution supporting the pilot in the process of aircraft spin recovery and, in the future, the development of an autonomous method.…”
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Commercial Aircraft-Assisted Suicide Accident Investigations Re-Visited—Agreeing to Disagree? by Alpo Vuorio, Robert Bor, Antti Sajantila, Anna-Stina Suhonen-Malm, Bruce Budowle

“…Background: The number of aircraft-assisted suicides can only be considered a rough estimate because it is difficult and, at times, impossible to identify all cases of suicide. …”
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An Innovative Experimental Approach to Lateral-Directional Flying Quality Investigation for Tailless Aircraft by Bowen Nie, Zhitao Liu, Fei Cen, Duoneng Liu, Hongxu Ma, Olivier Sename

“…Tailless aircraft suffers from limited yaw control power and poor directional stability inherently. …”
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