TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Relationship of age and simulated flight performance
JO  - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
A1  - Yesavage, J. A.
A1  - Taylor, J. L.
A1  - Mumenthaler, M. S.
A1  - Noda, A.
A1  - O'Hara, R.
SP  - 819
EP  - 823
VL  - 47
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To determine the relationship between age and aviator performance on a flight simulator. DESIGN: A cross-sectional observational study. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 100 aviators aged 50 to 69 (mean = 58). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Pilots were tested on a Frasca 141 flight simulator (Urbana, IL), linked to a UNIX-based IRIS 4D computer (Silicon Graphics, Mountain View, CA), which both generated graphics of the environment in which the pilots flew and collected data concerning the aircraft's flight conditions. RESULTS: We found that increased age was significantly associated with decreased aviator performance on a flight simulator. CONCLUSIONS: Although there was a significant relationship between increased age and decreased aviator performance, age explained 22% or less of the variance of performance on different flight tasks; hence, other factors are also important in explaining the performance of older pilots.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0002-8614
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -