Abstract: A system and method for flight training and evaluation of pilots comprises electronically activated vision restriction glasses that detect the pilot's head position and automatically darken and restrict the pilot's ability to see through the front and side windscreens when the pilot-in-training attempts to see out the windscreen. Thus, the pilot-in-training sees only within the aircraft cockpit, forcing him or her to fly by instruments in the most restricted operational mode.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 24, 2008
Publication date:
December 24, 2009
Applicant:
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the N.A.S.A.
Inventors:
John J. Chapman, Louis J. Glaab, Timothy D. Schott, Charles T. Howell, Vincent J. Fleck