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Ongoing Research Activities Supporting General Aviation Pilots and Weather Information Dynamics

ASPIRE: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, October 13 - 17  Most weather-related accidents in General Aviation (GA) can be attributed to incorrect situation assessment and decisi...

Oct 13, 2025

Decision-Making Cues and Triggers in Proficient Pilots During Inadvertent Encounters with Instrument Meteorological Conditions

ASPIRE: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, October 13 - 17  This study investigates the cues and triggers proficient pilots use when inadvertently encountering instrument meteoro...

Oct 3, 2025

Identification of Dynamic Rollover Precursors for Enhanced Helicopter Flight Data Monitoring (HFDM) Applications

VFS Forum 81, 7-9 May 2025, Virginia Beach, VA  Dynamic rollovers represent a major hazard for helicopters during near-ground operations, often resulting in significant aircraft damage and passenger injuries....

May 3, 2025

Quantitative Method for the Evaluation of Pilots’ Performance to Enhance Training in Flight Simulators Applied to Vortex Ring State (VRS) Recovery Maneuvers

VFS Forum 81, 7-9 May 2025, Virginia Beach, VA  To address the need for an objective assessment and comparison of pilot performance, a structured evaluation method is developed and applied specifically to Vort...

May 3, 2025

Project 36 Effects of Weather Information Observability and Uncertainty on Pilot Assessment of Weather Conditions and Decision Making.

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Volume 68, Issue 1, Aug 2024...

Aug 1, 2024

Scenario-Based Helicopter Flight Simulation of Accident-Prone Vortex Ring State (VRS) Encounters

Vertical Flight Society Forum 80, 7-9 May 2024...

May 7, 2024

Rotorcraft Takeoff Analysis and Classification to Detect Outlier Operations that Could Present a Safety risk

AIAA AVIATION 2023 FORUM, Jun 2023...

Jun 1, 2023

A Comparison of Traditional And Vuichard Vortex Ring State Recovery Techniques Using On-Line Simulation

Vertical Flight Society Forum 79th Annual Forum, May 2023...

May 1, 2023

Rotorcraft Wire Strike Prevention and Protection: Wire Database Creation, Sensor Package Design, Wire Cutter Modeling, Data Fusion, and Helicopter Operators’ Inputs

FAA Technical Report, 2023...

Jan 1, 2023

Scales and Attributes of Weather Information Representativeness for Pre-flight and En-route Advisories for Pilots in Low Altitude Operations

AIAA AVIATION 2022 FORUM, Jun 2022...

Jun 1, 2022