APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN ENGINEERING TO NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT

Donald A. Gordon

Peer Reviewed

Abstract:	THIS PAPER I~CURSEH the general aims of human engineering and its applications to navigation equipment. Certain abilities of the human make him particularly valuable in navigation systems. In particular, the appropriate sensory, perceptual, and judgmental abilities are pointed out. Some experimental findings of human engineering are discussetl-as they apply to simple displays and also to comples systems. Several contemporary aircraft rockpit systems are described.
Published in:	NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume 7, Number 1
Pages:	22 - 30
Cite this article:	Gordon, Donald A., "APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN ENGINEERING TO NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT", NAVIGATION: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 7, No. 1, Spring 1960, pp. 22-30.
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