Synthetic Vision Systems

Author: Ford Terry  

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd

ISSN: 0002-2667

Source: Aircraft Engineering, Vol.66, Iss.5, 1993-12, pp. : 2-4

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Abstract

Various systems for enhancing visibility for civil aircraft have been proposed and a recent Royal Aeronautical society conference chaired by Captain Harry Hopkins sought to address many of these and provide a background against which their certification can be considered. The first contribution dealt with a NASA view of these systems and described the technical baselines for a programme to provide enhanced visual systems for three conditions. These are: