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The Information to be Displayed on an Automatic System in the Air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

W. H. McKinlay
W. H. McKinlay
Affiliation:
(Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd.)
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The paper outlines some of the factors to be considered in the design of any complete airborne automatic navigation and control system. It is pointed out that such a system should lower the work-load on the pilot or navigator as well as contributing to flight safety. Modern engineering techniques have produced a wide range of navigation devices, and their safe and economical use in a complete system involves the consideration of a control loop including the displays and the human navigator. The paper examines this navigation loop in some detail. Some simple and some more complex methods of securing safe operation are suggested.

Type
The Place of Automation in Navigational Methods
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1960 , pp. 22 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1960

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