Patent ID: 8360777

Claim:
A method for training observer personnel in aircraft, the method comprising: a) providing a visual display for displaying a scene generated by a visual scene generator apparatus; b) providing a vision limiting device for use by said observer personnel, said vision limiting device being placed between said personnel and said visual display, said personnel's only view of said scene being through said vision limiting device, said vision limiting device being constructed and arranged such that said vision limiting device prevents said personnel from seeing a complete view of said scene except for what said personnel can see through said device such that said personnel must move his or her head or body for a more complete view of said scene; c) displaying a scene on said visual display, said scene being a dynamic scene depicting a view outside of an aircraft in flight, said scene including a ground view as seen from said aircraft wherein said vision limiting device is an aircraft door with a window and said system is for training observer personnel in assessing spatiotemporal relationships between artefacts viewed out of said window and said aircraft in flight.