Vision in military aviation: inflight recognition and closure

Vision in military aviation: inflight recognition and closure

Series Title(s):
United States Navy training film
Contributor(s):
Jack Lieb Productions.
United States. Navy Department
Publication:
[Washington, DC] : Dept. of the Navy, 1963
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Accidents, Aviation -- prevention & control
Aerospace Medicine
Military Personnel
Vision, Ocular -- physiology
Visual Perception
Genre(s):
Animation
Instructional Film and Video
Abstract:
This film outlines some specific visual problems encountered by aviators flying at very high speeds. These include recognizing and avoiding other aircraft in high altitude and high speed operations, determining the size and distance of encountered aircraft, the hazards of flying in empty visual fields, contrast discrimination, and reaction and closure times. Suggestions are made to help the aviator reduce the effects and consequences of these visual problems. A review of some of the physical conditions that exist at high speeds and high altitudes and their effects on pilot performance is presented. Animation is used to illustrate air compression at high speeds, the relations of time and distance to sighting and reacting to other aircraft, and changes in the ability of the eye to receive visual images of various sizes at high speeds. Shots include: military aircraft on the ground and in flight.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
022 min.
Color:
Color
Provenance:
Received: Nov. 18, 1964 as a donation from the U.S. Navy.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
9201536A (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
70874248
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9201536A