Body Composition Symmetry in Aircraft Pilots

Prevalence of Backache in Aircraft Pilots

General medical practitioners in the air force often find Backache (BA) an occupational sequel in pilots. BA is often due to prolonged sitting, ineffective lumbar support, poor posture, having to lean forward to reach for navigational buttons and vibrations that can produce disc damage via microtrauma [1]. It is difficult to make a clear association between the type of aircraft and BA [2]. Howe...

Risk Perception and Risk Tolerance in Aircraft Pilots

The optokinetic cervical reflex in pilots of high-performance aircraft.

BACKGROUND For over 60 yr, researchers and engineers have based investigations and the design of cockpit displays and structures upon the presupposition that during flight the pilot maintains a head alignment coincident with the aircraft's vertical axis (z-axis). Recent simulator studies have verified the existence of a pilot neck reflex which refutes this long-standing assumption. This reflex,...

Building Intelligent Pilots for Simulated Rotary Wing Aircraft

a typical scenario involving Soar-based RWA IPs. 1. Abstract There are two RWA in the scenario, just behind the The Soar/IFOR project has been developing ridge, indicated by the contour lines. The other intelligent pilot agents (henceforth IPs) for vehicles in the figure are a convoy of "enemy" participation in simulated battlefield environments. ground vehicles  tanks and anti-aircraft vehicl...

Aircraft type and diagnosed back disorders in U.S. Navy pilots and aircrew.

BACKGROUND Back disorders have long been recognized as a serious problem within the military aviation community and a possible threat to mission accomplishment. The purpose of the present study was to determine the extent to which the type of aircraft flown is associated with diagnosed back problems, and to examine differences in the prevalence of back disorders between pilots and aircrew. ME...