How do helicopter pilots know when to stop, turn or pull up? (Developing guidelines for vision aids)

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-119

  Padfield, Gareth D ^a   Lee, David N ^b   Bradley, Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVIATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; PERSONNEL; VISION AIDS;

FLIGHT CONTROL; HELICOPTER PILOTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0038363587     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/JAHS.48.108     Document Type: Article

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