Proficiency Maintenance and Assessment in an Instrument Flight Simulator

Transfer effects have been studied to evaluate the suitability of a high fidelity flight simulator (Device 2B24) for maintaining and assessing instrument proficiency among experienced Army helicopter pilots. Evidence in support of positive transfer was obtained by comparing pilots trained in the sim...

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Published in:Human factors 1979-12, Vol.21 (6), p.701-710
Main Authors: WEITZMAN, DONALD O., FINEBERG, MICHAEL L., GADE, PAUL A., COMPTON, GEORGE L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aircraft
Aircraft performance
Flight
Flight simulation
Flight simulators
Performance evaluation
Pilots
Simulation
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Summary:Transfer effects have been studied to evaluate the suitability of a high fidelity flight simulator (Device 2B24) for maintaining and assessing instrument proficiency among experienced Army helicopter pilots. Evidence in support of positive transfer was obtained by comparing pilots trained in the simulator with pilots trained in the aircraft (UH-1H) and with pilots trained in both. In addition, performance evaluation in the simulator accurately predicted performance in the aircraft. This study suggests that simulators of proven effectiveness can be used both to maintain and assess the proficiency of experienced pilots.
ISSN:0018-7208
1547-8181
DOI:10.1177/001872087912210607