Commercial pilots sitting before and looking at a television screen, on which were presented moving dots or bars simulating an approach to a visual landing system, were asked to discriminate between level flight or flight with change in altitude in the sense of a descent. There were 4 patterns of light markings: single row, double row, single crossbars and double crossbars. Changes in altitude were significantly better observed in the double patterns than in the single patterns. (Author)
Information Content of Different Runway Lighting Patterns
1973
13 pages
Report
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Englisch