Evaluation of a Standardized Spatial Disorientation Flight Profile

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Disorientation ◽  
Flight Profile

Spatial Disorientation Impact on the Precise Approach in Simulated Flight

2020 ◽  
Vol 91 (10) ◽  
pp. 767-775
Author(s):  
Jan Boril ◽  
Vladimir Smrz ◽  
Erik Blasch ◽  
Mudassir Lone
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Safety Concern ◽  
Tracking Error ◽  
Flight Trajectory ◽  
Pilot Performance ◽  
Spatial Disorientation ◽  
Flight Profile ◽  
Early Training ◽  
Final Instrument ◽  
The Ideal

BACKGROUND: The risks posed by flight illusions impacting pilot spatial orientation have been determined as a safety concern from numerous past aviation accident investigations. Early demonstration of the adverse effects of flight illusions on spatial orientation would be desirable for all pilots, especially at the early training stages to deeply embed good practices for onset detection, flight correction, and response mitigation.METHOD: Simulated flights on a disorientation demonstrator were performed by 19 pilots for 3 conditions: no illusion, somatogyral illusion, and Coriolis illusion. An objective approach for assessing pilot performance degradation due to flight illusions can be done by using a defined flight profile: instrument landing system (ILS) flight trajectory during final instrument approach. Deviations to the standard ILS profile were recorded to measure and evaluate the influence of the demonstrated flight illusion on pilot performance.RESULTS: The results show the expectation that the smallest deviations from the ideal trajectory are caused by pilot tracking error (no illusion), and the greatest deviations are caused by the Coriolis illusion. Results demonstrated a statistically significant effect of illusions on performance. According to statements from pilots, training for flight illusion response is essential to complement training in aircraft regulations and aerodynamics.DISCUSSION: Measuring the influence of vestibular illusions on flight profile with a simulator allows assessment of individual differences and improvement of pilot performance under the conditions of no illusion, the somatogyral illusion, and the Coriolis illusion.Boril J, Smrz V, Blasch E, Lone M. Spatial disorientation impact on the precise approach in simulated flight. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2020; 91(10):767775.

Spatial disorientation demonstration flight for U.S. Army aviators in the TH-67, UH-1 and UH-60 helicopters

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Estrada ◽  
Malcolm Braithwaite ◽  
Siobhan Hoffman ◽  
Patricia LeDuc
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Disorientation

The effects of sleep deprivation on spatial disorientation

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. LeDuc ◽  
Dean Riley ◽  
Siobhan M. Hoffman ◽  
Mary E. Brock ◽  
David Norman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Deprivation ◽  
Spatial Disorientation

ANALYSIS OF AVIATION ACCIDENTS IN CONSEQUENCE OF SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND POSITIONAL ILLUSIONS OVER THE PERIOD OF 2009–2013

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
I.M. Zhdanko ◽  
◽  
A.A. Blaguinin ◽  
S.D. Chistov ◽  
S.P. Lyashedko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Aviation Accidents ◽  
Spatial Disorientation

scholarly journals Wayfinding in People with Alzheimer’s Disease: Perspective Taking and Architectural Cognition—A Vision Paper on Future Dementia Care Research Opportunities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1084
Author(s):  
Saskia Kuliga ◽  
Martin Berwig ◽  
Martina Roes
Keyword(s):  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Environmental Design ◽  
Spatial Disorientation ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
Person With Dementia ◽  
Underlying Processes

Based on a targeted literature review, this vision paper emphasizes the importance of dementia-sensitive built space. The article specifically focuses on supporting spatial orientation and wayfinding for people living with dementia. First, we discuss types of wayfinding challenges, underlying processes, and consequences of spatial disorientation in the context of dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Second, we focus on current efforts aimed at planning and evaluating dementia-sensitive built space, i.e., environmental design principles, interventions, evaluation tools, strategies, and planning processes. Third, we use our findings as a starting point for developing an interdisciplinary research vision aimed at encouraging further debates and research about: (1) the perspective of a person with dementia, specifically in the context of wayfinding and spatial orientation, and (2) how this perspective supplements planning and design processes of dementia-sensitive built space. We conclude that more closely considering the perspective of people with dementia supports the development of demographically sustainable future cities and care institutions.

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