Accession Number:

AD0754957

Title:

Synthetic Flight Training Revisited

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ILLINOIS UNIV AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN SAVOY AVIATION RESEARCH LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Williges, Beverly H.
• Roscoe, Stanley N.
• Williges, Robert C.

Report Date:

1972-08-01

Pagination or Media Count:

45.0

Abstract:

Critical issues in the development and use of synthetic flight trainers are reviewed. Degree of simulation and fidelity of simulation are discussed as key design considerations. Problems of measurement of original learning, transfer, and retention are presented. Both transfer effectiveness and cost effectiveness are described as critical factors in the evaluation of flight trainers. Recent training innovations, such as automatically adaptive training, computer-assisted instruction, cross-adaptive measurement of residual attention, computer graphics, incremental transfer effectiveness measurement, and response surface methodology, are discussed as potential techniques for improving synthetic flight training.

Descriptors:

• *FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• ACCURACY
• ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
• AIR FORCE RESEARCH
• ATTENTION
• COMPUTERS
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• LEARNING
• MEASUREMENT
• PILOTS
• SIMULATION
• TRAINING DEVICES

Subject Categories:

• Aircraft
• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE