From a minor role in aircraft design, development and clearance in the 1950's, flight simulation now has an established part to play. A further and vital contribution to aerospace lies in the use of simulation for crew training in almost all operational tasks. The contribution that flight simulation can make in these areas continues to increase, as the elements used in simulation improve. These improvements stem from developments in non-aerospace activities, such as communications and entertainment, which fund advances in graphics and display technology beyond the resources of flight simulation alone. Similarly, general advances in computing technology meet the need for complex modelling and real-time processing. In a rapidly changing discipline such as flight simulation, it is important that advances are accessible to workers in the field. AGARD provides the ideal forum for this process, in the form of Symposia and published documents such as Conference Proceedings. The Flight Mechanics Panel devotes a Symposium to Flight Simulation approximately every six years, at which time, new developments can be aired. Because of the rapid progress and the broad scope (even when confined to military applications), the theme for the symposium has to be chosen with care. Should it focus on the technology used to design simulators, or on the facilities to meet users' needs, or on the experiences of operators. The need for a meeting on Flight Simulation was also appropriate because of the changes which have come to Aerospace since the last meeting in Cambridge in 1986; changes in Eastern Europe, and the Middle East conflict have had a profound influence on short term prospects.
Technical Evaluation Report on the Flight Mechanics Panel Symposium on Piloted Simulation Effectiveness (L'Efficacite de la Simulation Pilotee)
1992
20 pages
Report
No indication
English