PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF USER TERMINALS FOR AN AUTOMATED PILOT BRIEFING SYSTEM
This report describes a preliminary evaluation of various user terminal concepts for an automated aviation pilot weather briefing and flight plan filing system. Terminals embodying differing operational concepts were used by volunteer general aviation pilots in a structured experiment consisting of a series of simulated pre-flight briefings. Four candidate terminals were intended for application as fixed, self-service stations at strategic geographic locations. Four other terminals were provided for personal use from home or office via telephone link. Each pilot experienced extensive use of one of each class of terminal in separate two-hour test sessions and manipulated or observed the operational characteristics of the other terminals for comparison purposes. The remote terminal concept for flight briefing by telephone was found to be a viable, acceptable means for obtaining preliminary flight weather information and filing a flight plan. Comparative performance and pilot preference scores for the candidate terminal hardware concepts were obtained. (Author)
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Transportation Systems Center
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Authors:
- PAZERA, E E
- Publication Date: 1976-8
Media Info
- Pagination: 104 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pilots; Airport terminals; Automation; Flight paths; Flight plans; Human factors engineering; Information display systems; Information processing; Information retrieval; Video display terminals; Weather; Weather forecasting
- Old TRIS Terms: Briefing; Flight planning; Preflight briefing; Remote terminals; Weather communication
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00146017
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: FAA-RD-76-118 Final Rpt., TSC-FAA-76-1
- Files: NTIS, NTL, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 16 1977 12:00AM