Flight test comparison between enhanced vision (FLIR) and synthetic vision systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5802, Issue , 2005, Pages 25-36

  Arthur III, J J ^a   Kramer, Lynda J ^a   Bailey, Randall E ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation Safety; Enhanced Vision; Flight Test; Situation Awareness; Synthetic Vision

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT FLIGHT; AVIATION SAFETY; SITUATION AWARENESS; SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEMS (SVS);

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS;

EID: 27544468869     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.604363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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