Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: rdd@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Robert Dorsett) Subject: Night landings and the 727 in the 1960's X-Submission-Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 06:14:38 CST Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-Id: <9212031214.AA21446@rascal.ics.utexas.edu> Date: 03 Dec 92 05:01:33 PST Those interested in the night-landing problem described in Dave Rogers' excerpt from _Legend & Legacy_ would probably find the following of interest; it describes the original research. The descriptions of the experimental apparatus, and the simulator test regime, are fascinating. Kraft, Conrad L. "A psychophysical contribution to air safety: simulator studies of visual illusions in night visual approaches." In _Psychology: from research to practice_, Herbert L. Pick, Jr., ed. (New York: Plenum Press), 1978. Pages 363-385. ISBN 0-306-31132-1. -- Robert Dorsett Internet: rdd@rascal.ics.utexas.edu UUCP: ...cs.utexas.edu!rascal.ics.utexas.edu!rdd