CURRENT AEROMEDICAL CONCERNS
IN OPERATIONAL AIRCRAFT
IAMFSP-2001: RENO, NEVADA
CHAIR Malcolm BRAITHWAITE IAMFSP, President
CO-CHAIR
Kris BELLAND, NSAWC/TOPGUN
FIRST SESSION
09 MAY
01
WEDNESDAY 1030-1200
1. SURGEON GENERAL SERVICE AEROMEDICAL OPERATIONAL AND
MEDICAL STANDARDS UPDATE:
USAF COL Tom Travis, USN CAPT Charlie Barker
BUMED
2. TSAS... FLYING WITH "THAT LOVIN' FEELING" (Apologies
to "Top Gun"...specifically to Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Phil Spector, and the
Righteous Brothers.)
James C. Baker, MD Captain, U.S. Navy Medical Corps
(Ret.) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Angus Rupert, MD Captain, U.S.
Navy Medical Corps, Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
3. EARLY EXPERIENCE OF AN UNDERWATER ESCAPE TRAINER FOR
APACHE HELICOPTER AIRCREW.
MG Braithwaite, Headquarters Director Army
Aviation, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, UK. and DC Senior, NUTEC Centre for Safety
Limited, Billingham, Teeside. UK
4/5. COCKPIT/BODY SIZE ACCOMMODATION AND POSSIBLE
CHANGES TO AFI 48-123.
Gregory F. Zehner, Ph.D., Jeffrey A. Hudson, Ph.D.
(two sessions 30 minutes)
6. USN / USMC EXPERIENCE IN ANTHRO / AIRCRAFT
COMPATABILITY ISSUES DURINGTHE FLIGHT TRAINING PIPELINE:
Heather Tucker USN
Anthro Specialist.
SECOND
SESSION
1400-1530
7. EVALUATION OF T-6 TEXAN II COCKPIT ENVIRONMENT AND
AIRCREW THERMAL STRESS.
N. Baumgartner, P. D. Lowry, M. L. Mandichak, P. B.
Mapes, B. A. Wright and S. H. Constable.
8. IS THERE SUCH A THING AS PERIPHERAL VISUAL AWARENESS,
AND CAN IT BE RELATED TO SITUATION AWARENESS, AND ACCIDENT DATABASE
SURVEYS?
CAPT Dwight Holland (USAFR) NAVAL AIR TEST
CENTER.
9. MAN-PORTABLE LASER THREATS TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS:
BATTLEFIELD LASER RESEARCH TESTS
S. Biggerstaff & N. Barsalou, Naval
Health Research Center Detachment, Brooks AFB
10. LASER EYE PROTECTION: SURVEY RESULTS FROM USAF
AIRCREW USING LASER EYE PROTECTION WHILE COMPLETING TRAINING MISSIONS. ARMED
FORCES RESEARCH LABORATORIES LASER EYE PROTECTION FIELD-WORK FOR DIELECTRIC
STACK TECHNOLOGY.
William Ercoline LT COL USAF, Carita DeVilbiss
AerospaceHuman Factors Researcher Brooks Air Force Base.
11. COMMERCIAL INTEGERATION OF NVD'S.
J.C. Antonio*.
Naval Air Warfare
Center/Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, MD
20670
THIRD
SESSION
1600-1730
12. IAF ACES-LIFE: FATIGUE-RELATED LIFESTYLE HEALTH RISK
AND NEEDS
ASSESSMENT OF ISRAELI AIR FORCE AVIATORS.
E. Rosenberg IAF
Safety and Inspection Directorate, Tel-Aviv, Israel , Y. Caine, Herzog Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel
13. HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS IN THE X-31
AIRCRAFT.
(Panel: Current Aeromedical Concerns in Operational Military
Aircraft)
J.C. Antonio*. Naval Air Warfare Center/Aircraft Division, Patuxent
River, MD 20670
14. NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL SHORTFALLS IN IN-FLIGHT CREW
STATION ASSESSMENT; METHODS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT TESTING.
James G.
Casler, Veridian Engineering
15. AEROMEDICAL ISSUES AT THE U.S. AIR FORCE
FLIGHT STANDARDS AGENCY.
Lt Col Kevin J. O'Toole, D.O., MPH, Maj Wesley A.
Olson, PhD
16. USN NAVAL AVIATION TREND ANALYSIS.
LT Dave Weber
MC USN (NA/FS) RAM