Experienced pilot flight tests comparing conventional instrumentation and a synthetic vision display for precision approaches

Randall C. Davis; Dennis Wilt; James Henion; Keith Alter; Paul Snow; Chad Jennings; Andrew Barrows

doi:10.1117/12.554670

11 August 2004 Experienced pilot flight tests comparing conventional instrumentation and a synthetic vision display for precision approaches

Randall C. Davis, Dennis Wilt, James Henion, Keith Alter, Paul Snow, Chad Jennings, Andrew Barrows

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Proceedings Volume 5424, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2004; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.554670
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The results of this experiment show that an aircraft primary flight display (PFD) with a flight path superimposed on a synthetic vision system (SVS) terrain image demonstrates a viable means for a pilot to confidently and consistently control an aircraft while flying highly accurate precision approaches to a 200 foot decision height (DH). The pathway, depicted as a Highway-In-The-Sky (HITS) in the display, provides a predictive method, as opposed to the reactive method associated with conventional needle and dial instruments, for controlling an aircraft. The intuitive nature of the HITS/SVS architecture provides greater situational awareness, less pilot workload, and improved accuracy during instrument flying compared to the conventional instrument landing system (ILS) round dials and needles.

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Randall C. Davis, Dennis Wilt, James Henion, Keith Alter, Paul Snow, Chad Jennings, and Andrew Barrows "Experienced pilot flight tests comparing conventional instrumentation and a synthetic vision display for precision approaches", Proc. SPIE 5424, Enhanced and Synthetic Vision 2004, (11 August 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.554670

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