Professor of Education
Aerospace Department
Middle Tennessee State University
PUBLICATIONS
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Recent Publications
Recent
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Title: Scenario-Based
Private/Instrument Syllabus v. Traditional Maneuver-Based Syllabi: A
Preliminary Descriptive Analysis
Abstract:
The Aerospace Department at Middle Tennessee State University and the NASA
Langley Research Center entered into a cooperative agreement in 2003. The
project is named the SATS Aerospace Flight Education Research (SAFER) and
is part of NASA’s Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) initiative.
The SATS project envisions a future flight environment that employs light
aircraft to transport people and cargo from point to point using small,
under utilized airports, instead of the major gridlocked airports. The
aircraft used in the SATS vision would take advantage of a range of
emerging technologies including glass cockpits, new structures, and new
engines. But with the understanding that the best aircraft and the best
systems are still only as good as its operator, MTSU Aerospace set out to
explore how pilot training might be different in the SATS environment. The
SAFER project therefore takes beginner pilots and completes their initial
Visual Flight (VFR) and Instrument Flight (IFR) flight training in
technically advanced aircraft to determine how best to educate the next
generation of pilots in the next generation of aircraft. The availability
of information from an automated flight deck can be easily adapted to
scenario-based training, so the SAFER researchers decided to incorporate
scenario, rather than strictly maneuver-based training as the core of the
training syllabus. This approach instantly begs the question: If you train
using a scenario-based method, will the students also develop the “stick
and rudder” skills that are also so important for pilots to master? The
early results from the SAFER project indicate that piloting skills (stick
and rudder) are being mastered despite the scenario-based method, and that
decision making skills are being increased.
Co-Authors: Paul A. Craig, John E. Bertrand, Wayne Dornan, Steve Gossett, Kimberly K. Thorsby
NOTE: Full paper listed below (Collegiate Aviation Review, 2005)
Title: Best Evidence for the FAA Industry Training Standards (FITS) Program for Piloting Training in Technically Advanced Aircraft
Abstract:
Until very
recently, issues with automated flight decks were only relevant to the
commercial air carrier industry (1, 2, and 3). This is no longer the case,
however, with the advent of automated cockpits that have recently
proliferated in the General Aviation (GA) community. An automated
aircraft is generally comprised of an integrated cockpit system consisting
of a primary flight display, a multifunction display which includes a
Global Positioning System (GPS) with traffic and terrain graphics, along
with a fully integrated autopilot (1). In the GA community this type of
aircraft which requires the pilot to interface with at least one computer
is collectively known as a Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA). It
includes aircraft used in both VFR and IFR operations, with equipment
certified to either VFR or IFR standards (1, 2). The results
of this study were presented in preliminary form at the National Aircraft
Training Symposium in Daytona Beach, Florida. March, 2006, and the
International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
April,2004.
Co-Authors:
Wayne A.
Dornan, Paul Craig, Steve Gossett, Wendy Beckman
NOTE: Full paper listed below (Collegiate Aviation Review, 2006)
Title: Ab initio Training in the Glass Cockpit Era: New Technology Meets New Pilots
Abstract:
The Aerospace Department at Middle Tennessee State University and the NASA Langley Research Center entered into a cooperative agreement in 2003. The project is named the SATS Aerospace Flight Education Research (SAFER) and is part of NASA’s Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) initiative. The SATS project envisions a future flight environment that employs small aircraft to transport people and cargo from point to point using smaller, under utilized airports instead of major gridlocked airports. The aircraft used in the SATS vision would take advantage of a range on emerging technologies including glass cockpits, new structures, and new engines. But with the understanding that the best aircraft and the best systems are still only as good as its operator, MTSU Aerospace set out to explore how pilot training might be different in the SATS environment. The SAFER project therefore takes beginner pilots and completes their initial Visual Flight (VFR) and Instrument Flight (IFR) flight training in technically advanced aircraft to determine how best to educate the next generation of pilots in the next generation of aircraft.
Co-Authors: Paul A. Craig, John E. Bertrand, Wayne Dornan, Steve Gossett, Kimberly K. Thorsby
NOTE: Full paper listed below (International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 2005)
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