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GYROLAB GL-2000 Spatial Disorientation Training Programs

Helicopter Spatial Disorientation Training Program
1 day program: 1/2 day academic instruction / 1/2 day training flights
  • Academic Instruction
    • Situational Awareness
      • Conscious and Preconscious Information Processing
      • Learned Skill Execution
      • Anomalies of Attention
    • Spatial Disorientation
      • Physiological Effects of Spatial Disorientation
      • Sensory Systems and Physiology
      • Illusions and their Effects
    • Effects of Stress (Mission, Self, Environmentally Imposed)

  • Hands-On Training
    • Flight #1: Coriolis, False Horizon, Leans, Distance and Depth Perception, Flicker Vertigo, Autokinesis
Space Flight Disorientation Training Program
1 day program: 1/2 day academic instruction / 1/2 day training flights
  • Academic Instruction
    • Introduction to Spatial Disorientation
    • Orientational Systems
    • Physiological Effects of Spatial Disorientation
    • Effects of Stress (Mission, Self, Environmentally Imposed)
    • Motion Sickness Prevention

  • Hands-On Training
    • Familiarization Flight
    • Spatial Disorientation Demonstration: Coriolis, Leans, Ground Lights and Stars, False Horizon, Somatogyral, Somatogravic
Pilot Upset Recovery Training Program
2 day program: 1 day academic instruction / 1 day training flights
  • Situational Awareness and Spatial Orientation
  • Types and Classes of Aircraft Upsets
  • Upset Detection and Recognition
  • Flight Characteristics Familiarization and Lift Vector Control
  • Pilot Errors During Upset Conditions
  • GL-2000 Flights consisting of:
    • GL-2000 Familiarization Flight
    • Lift Vector Control Exercises
    • Extreme Maneuvering Exercises
    • Upset Demonstration and Performance Exercises
    • Proficiency Assessment Session

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