The effects of nighttime and deteriorating visual conditions on pilot performance, workload, and situation awareness in general aviation for both VFR and IFR approaches

International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-120

  Saleem, Jason J ^a   Kleiner, Brian M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLIGHT PERFORMANCE; GENERAL AVIATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PILOT PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL AIRPORT; SITUATION AWARENESS; VISUAL CONDITION; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

AVIATION; DETERIORATION; FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

RATING;

EID: 64049085530     PISSN: 15463214     EISSN: 19390300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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