25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-9.10.1

HEAD-UP GUIDANCE SYSTEM MODEL 2100 AND HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION

D. Bandow, R. F. Neuhold*
dbs systems engineering GmbH, Germany; *Lufthansa CityLine GmbH, Germany

Keywords: head-up guidance systems, autopilot systems, stress-strain concept, situational awareness, eye movement analysis

During “Head-Up Guidance System” approaches the differences and slopes of the stress level seem to be lower shortly before touchdown, at the abnormals’ occurrence, and during go-around-maneuvers. Also the strain of unexperienced pilots tends to be lower compared to autolandsystem-approaches. According to pilots’ rating the HGS improves the situational awareness.

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