Eye position affects flight altitude in visual approach to landing independent of level of expertise of pilot.

The present study addresses the effect of the eye position in the cockpit on the flight altitude during the final approach to landing. Three groups of participants with different levels of expertise (novices, trainees, and certified pilots) were given a laptop with a flight simulator and they were a...

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Main Authors: David M Jacobs, Antoine H P Morice, Cyril Camachon, Gilles Montagne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5967751?pdf=render