Narrator: As the aerospace industry adapts
to meet safety demands, pilots must be equipped
with technological advancements that provide
an unimpeded visualization of their surrounding
environment. The Synthetic Vision System developed
at NASA Langley Research Center uses flight
plans in conjunction with flight data to form
a real-time 3D environment during flight.
Modeled after FAA approach and departure charts,
this system also lets pilots practice landing
during flight. You can pause, fast forward
or rewind to certain areas of a flight to
discuss flying strategies especially when
dealing with inclement weather.
Trey Arthur: It also gives you a sense in
dynamic real time, when you should be doing
checklists. So as you're going along, checklist
items can be brought up on the display.
Narrator: This system has a pilot-centric
design as opposed to digitizing aeronautical
charts like flight bags do.
Trey Arthur: Instead of just taking paper
copy and looking at them with an electronic
device, it was actually developed to take
advantage of the 3D processors on the displays.
It shows intuitively what the chart was trying
to convey in the first place.
Narrator: NASA's Synthetic Vision System:
The flight display of the future! [END]
