A historical perspective of aircrew systems effects on aircraft design
By:  David O. Bauer
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Description: The design of the aircrew workstation often has not been an orderly part of the overall aircraft      design process but rather of much lower priority than the integration of the airframe and powerplant. However, the true test of the aircraft is how well the aircrew can use the aircraft for mission performance. NAVAIR has been seeking the establishment of an Aircrew Centered System Design discipline, to be addressed as an integral part of the global aircraft      system design process. A baseline, historical understanding of how the aircrew have been integrated into the aircraft and mission is needed. An analysis was conducted of several significant airplanes from the Wright Flyer to the present, seeking those design factors which affected how well the aircrew were able to perform the design mission. The physical and      attentional resources of the aircrew must be understood and accommodated by those designing the cockpit and other workstations. Aircrew members who are knowledgeable of, and experienced in the intended mission must be involved in the design process from the very earliest phases of concept definition.
Notes: Thesis advisor(s): Conrad F. Newberry.

"September 1996."

Thesis (M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-100).

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