Helmet-mounted displays in transport emergency conditions

Donald F. Wilkins

doi:10.1117/12.352832

12 July 1999 Helmet-mounted displays in transport emergency conditions

Donald F. Wilkins

Proceedings Volume 3689, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays IV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.352832
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Recently two commercial airliners have been lost after the aircrew reported smoke within the cockpit. Even though the aircrews were able to don oxygen masks, the aircraft were lost. Contributing to these losses was an inability of the aircrew to read the instrument panel. A recent development incorporates a plastic bag on the instrument panel. This bag inflates and allows the aircrew a better opportunity to read the instruments. Although such a system is a marked improvement, incorporating a display function in the oxygen mask would improve the aircrew's ability to read the instruments and keep the aircrew in the critical 'heads-up' position. This paper details a preliminary set of requirements for a display/tracking system in the aircrew's oxygen masks.

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Donald F. Wilkins "Helmet-mounted displays in transport emergency conditions", Proc. SPIE 3689, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays IV, (12 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.352832

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