1984
DOI: 10.1017/s0373463300023377
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The Development of Flight Deck Displays

Abstract: In this review of the evolution of displays and controls in military and civil fixed-wing aircraft, the author traces the development of flight instruments, largely in this country, from their rudimentary beginning before the first World War to the present high degree of automation and suggests certain pitfalls from the pilot's point of view in high-technology solutions.The Wright Brothers' aeroplane flew with only a stopwatch, a tachometer to measure engine speed, and an anemometer, all for measuring performa… Show more

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“…A typical World War II cockpit 5 shows some development from Doolittle's panel but little basic change. The essential flight instruments have been grouped in a standard pattern, as described by Stringer in the Journal, 6 but there is no instrument present which did not appear in some form in the 1929 demonstration.…”
Section: Fig 2 the First Autopilotmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A typical World War II cockpit 5 shows some development from Doolittle's panel but little basic change. The essential flight instruments have been grouped in a standard pattern, as described by Stringer in the Journal, 6 but there is no instrument present which did not appear in some form in the 1929 demonstration.…”
Section: Fig 2 the First Autopilotmentioning
confidence: 99%