Combined Report: Aviation Weather Knowledge Assessment & General Aviation (GA) Pilots’ Interpretation of Weather Products

Beth Blickensderfer, John Lanicci, Thomas A Guinn, Robert Thomas, Jennifer E Thropp, Jayde King, yolanda Ortiz, Jessica Cruit, Nicholas DeFilippis, Krijn Berendschot, Jacqueline McSorley, John Kleber

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Abstract

Prior research has indicated that general aviation (GA) pilots may lack adequate knowledge of aviation weather concepts and skill at interpreting aviation weather displays. Therefore, the purpose of the current project was to develop and validate a comprehensive set of aviation weather knowledge and interpretation multiple-choice questions, and in turn, to use the questions to assess pilot understanding of aviation weather concepts and displays. An interdisciplinary research team that included two meteorologists, one Gold Seal Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI), a human factors psychologist, and several human factors graduate students performed this research.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalDefault journal
StatePublished - Feb 13 2019

Disciplines

  • Aviation
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Factors Psychology
  • Meteorology

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