Computer Generated Image: Relative Training Effectiveness of Day versus Night Visual Scenes

摘要

A transfer-of-training design was used to compare the relative training effectiveness of day and night visual scenes for the acquisition of takeoff and landing skills in the novice pilot in daylight flight conditions. Twenty-four undergraduate pilot trainees with no previous jet piloting experience were randomly assigned to one of the three treatment groups (n = 8): Day, Night, and Control. Those students assigned to the Control group received the standard syllabus of preflight and flightline instruction. The students in the two experimental groups received three sorties in the Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training (ASPT) covering instruction of takeoff, straight-in approach and landing, and straight-in approach to a touch-and-go. ASPT trained students received the same amount of training on each task with performance evaluated periodically with the ASPT's automated performance measurement system (APM), as well as with performance ratings supplied by the instructor pilot (IP). The only difference in training conditions was the use of either a day or night runway environmental visual scene. The findings of the study are as follows. (a) There were no overall differences between the Day and Night groups in their simulator performance, although there was a transitory superiority of the Day group on control of glidepath descent angle. (b) There were no differences between the Day and Night groups in their performance in the aircraft. (c) The two experimental groups performed reliably better than the Control group on the Takeoff task.