Aviation research, sourced & cited.

Integration of manned and unmanned aircraft systems into U.S. airspace

Quantification of High Level Safety Criteria for Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Perceptual Modeling as a Tool to Prevent Aircraft Upset Associated with Spatial Disorientation

Detection of Precursors to Aviation Safety Incidents Due to Human Factors

Spatial disorientation: more than just illusion.

Pilots should be sensitized to the physical and mental performance decrement during sensory conflicts and inadequacies and special attention should be drawn to the properties of various flight displays that may contribut…

Human Factors Hazards of IPADS In General Aviation Cockpits

A narrative analysis revealed issues with improper use of zooming/panning, data selection/reading/entry errors, database currency, and workload due to unfamiliarity with the iPad that should be considered in hazard mitig…

Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues [April 4, 2013]

A review of the concept of autonomy in the context of the safety regulation of civil unmanned aircraft systems.

Pilotless Drones: Background and Considerations for Congress Regarding Unmanned Aircraft Operations in the National Airspace System

The history and current status of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are covered, with particular attention paid to recent privacy implications and potential intrusiveness of drone operations that have emerged as a signific…

Perspectives on software safety case development for unmanned aircraft

An Integrated Safety and Systems Engineering Methodology for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The broad goal of this work is to support the derivation of an airworthiness statement, and the subsequent application for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to operate sUAS in the National Airspace System (NAS).

Development of a Framework to Determine a Mandatory Safety Baseline for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

This paper outlines a methodology to determine a mandatory minimum safety baseline for conducting safe operations in the NAS and a proof-of-concept study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the methodology at …

Spatial disorientation: decades of pilot fatalities.

Funding is needed to further SD research, to fund SD training, as well as amend the current mishap investigation process to better articulate SD contributions in aviation accidents.

Galvanic vestibular stimulation as an analogue of spatial disorientation after spaceflight.

GVS was an effective analogue of decrements in postflight Shuttle pilot performance in ground-based simulators using pseudorandom bilateral bipolar galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) during Shuttle landing simulations…

Rolling into spatial disorientation: simulator demonstration of the post-roll (Gillingham) illusion.

The results show that the effects of the post-roll illusion on aircraft control can be demonstrated adequately in a flight simulator using an attitude control task, and is relevant for spatial disorientation training pro…

Toward a Visual Flow Integrated Display Format to Combat Pilot Spatial Disorientation

Handbook of aviation human factors

An overview of spatial disorientation as a factor in aviation accidents and incidents

Visual spatial disorientation: revisiting the black hole illusion.

This review explores the origins of the BHI and describes several mishaps involving it, and it is already clear that pilots should be taught that confidence in their visual capabilities during impoverished viewing condit…

A Study of U. S. Inflight Icing Accidents and Incidents, 1978 to 2002

Survey of spatial disorientation in military pilots and navigators.

This preliminary survey has shown that SD is still a significant hazard of military flying, and shows that the postal questionnaire is a useful tool for assessing how SD training and experience may benefit the recognitio…

Beyond Aviation Human Factors

Electroneurophysiologic Diagnosis of Aircraft Pilot Spatial Disorientation

A REVIEW OF THE BENEFITS OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS TRAINING

Running Head: TAXONOMIES, REPORTING SYSTEMS, AND DATA COLLECTION TOOLS A Review of Selected Aviation Human Factors Taxonomies, Accident/Incident Reporting Systems, and Data Collection Tools

This review – which summarizes aviation error reporting, classification, and analysis systems from the United States, Great Britain, and Australia – serves as the foundation for future taxonomic research.

Preliminary Survey of Spatial Disorientation in UK Military Pilots and Navigators

An instrumentation solution for reducing spatial disorientation mishaps.

The Tactical Situation Awareness System (TSAS) is an array of tactile stimulators arranged in columns and rows on a garment that a pilot wears on the torso and limbs that provides intuitive orientation information to air…

Handbook of aviation human factors

Assessment of Simulated Spatial Disorientation Scenarios in Training U.S. Army Aviators

Aviation human factors: a framework for the new millennium

Aviation Human Factors

SITUATION AWARENESS IN AVIATION SYSTEMS. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

In the aviation domain, maintaining a high level of situation awareness is one of the most critical and challenging features of an aircrew's job.

AUTOMATION IN AVIATION: A HUMAN FACTORS PERSPECTIVE. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

The paper first describes the current status of aircraft automation, what end user model triggered the present choice, how far can the results be considered a success by the aviation technical community, and how any exis…

HUMAN FACTORS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL/FLIGHT DECK INTEGRATION: IMPLICATIONS OF DATA-LINK SIMULATION RESEARCH. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

FATIGUE AND BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

It is emphasized that a careful consideration of the temporal structure of body functions and a proper timing of work activities can be of paramount importance to ensure high levels of performance efficiency, decreasing …

HUMAN FACTORS OF FUNCTIONALITY AND INTELLIGENT AVIONICS. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

The paper argues that a system that understands itself and the user is the next revolutionary step in avionics architecture and describes a revolutionaryAvionics architecture that can address these problems.

TEAM PROCESSES AND THEIR TRAINING IN AVIATION. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SAFETY AND MISSION SUCCESS IN AVIATION ENVIRONMENTS. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

FLIGHT SIMULATION. IN: HANDBOOK OF AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS

This paper is intended to provide a broad overview of flight simulation with an emphasis on emerging areas and a brief overview of five unique simulators is presented, to broaden the appreciation of the wide variety of s…

FATAL GENERAL AVIATION ACCIDENTS INVOLVING SPATIAL DISORIENTATION: 1976-1992

Spatial disorientation episodes among F-15C pilots during Operation Desert Storm.

A scientific survey was created and administered to 96 F-16C combat pilots after their return from Desert Storm to determine where in the flight profile, and under what conditions, spatial disorientation episodes occurre…

Spatial disorientation-implicated accidents in Canadian forces, 1982-92.

A retrospective study of SD-implicated category A accidents in the Canadian Forces during 1982-92, finding that there were two episodes of vestibular origin, involving the somatogravic illusion, and all but two fell into…

Beyond Aviation Human Factors: Safety in High Technology Systems

NATIONAL PLAN FOR CIVIL AVIATION HUMAN FACTORS: AN INITIATIVE FOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATION

The National Plan for Aviation Human Factors

Investigation of Spatial Disorientation of F-15 Eagle Pilots