NTL Record

Title An Experiment to Evaluate Transfer of Upset-Recovery Training Conducted Using Two Different Flight Simulation Devices
Record ID 81762
Personal Name
Creator
Leland, Richard; Rogers, Rodney O.; Boquet, Albert; Glaser, Scott
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute; Environmental Tectonics Corporation; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 20090901
Language English
Abstract Air transport training programs provide simulator-based upset-recovery instruction for company pilots. However, no prior research demonstrates that such training transfers to an airplane in flight. We report on an FAA-funded research experiment to evaluate upset-recovery training transfer. Two groups of participants were given simulator-based training in upset-recovery, one in a high-end centrifuge-based device, the other using Microsoft Flight Simulator running on desktop computers. A third control group received no upset-recovery training at all.
Rosap ID dot:57125
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57125
TRT Terms Flight simulators; Flight training; Training simulators; Education and training methods
General Subjects Airplane Upset-Recovery Training; Flight simulation; Training Transfer; Centrifuge-Based Flight Simulator; Microsoft Flight Simulator
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1144489
Report Number DOT/FAA/AM-09/17
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/81000/81700/81762/200917.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository