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Joseph Sullivan1, Ji Hyun Yang, Michael Day

  • 1Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA.

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Pilot expertise influences visual scanning during helicopter navigation. More experienced pilots use different eye movements, offering insights for improved flight simulator training and cognitive state assessment.

Area of Science:

  • Aviation Psychology
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Cognitive Neuroscience

Background:

  • Helicopter overland navigation is a complex cognitive task demanding extensive training and continuous monitoring.
  • Understanding how flight expertise affects visual scanning patterns can optimize helicopter pilot training simulations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the influence of flight expertise on visual scan patterns during helicopter overland navigation.
  • To identify potential improvements for flight simulation training based on gaze parameter analysis.

Main Methods:

  • 12 military officers with varying flight hours performed overland navigation tasks in a helicopter simulator.
  • Eye tracking systems recorded gaze parameters while participants viewed out-the-window (OTW) and topographic map displays.

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Main Results:

  • Pilot expertise did not predict flight performance but significantly influenced gaze parameters and scan management.
  • Increased flight hours correlated with decreased dwell time and increased view changes.
  • Experienced pilots exhibited more OTW scanning than novices, and utilized map revisits for orientation confidence.

Conclusions:

  • Neurophysiological markers, specifically eye movements, can indicate a trainee's cognitive state.
  • This data can be utilized to cue instructional systems for adaptive training.
  • The developed Flight and Eye Scan visualization Tool (FEST) aids in analyzing these visual scan patterns.