Accession Number:

AD0754273

Title:

Human Factors Experiments for Data Link

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. no. 1,

Corporate Author:

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER CAMBRIDGE MA

Personal Author(s):

• Hilborn, Edwin H.

Report Date:

1972-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

69.0

Abstract:

The report discusses three experiments aimed at providing information pertinent to the Data Link Operational Experiments Program. Section 1 describes the evaluation of the WIDCOM, a visual display, and a voice synthesizer for providing ATC information to pilots in a GAT-1 simulator. Section 2 is concerned with the evaluation of the intelligibility of the individual works in the vocabulary of the voice synthesizer. Section 3 describes an experiment to provide information as to possible coding formats for short message ATC commands and advisories.

Descriptors:

• *AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *VOICE COMMUNICATIONS
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
• HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
• DISPLAY SYSTEMS
• SPEECH TRANSMISSION
• FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• INTELLIGIBILITY

Subject Categories:

• Air Navigation and Guidance
• Voice Communications

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE