A HUMAN FACTORS APPROACH TO USE OF GPS RECEIVERS

On August 17, 1995, a pilot took off from Fort McMurray, Alberta in his company Cessna U206G on a VFR flight to Uranium City, Saskatchewan. His plan was to spend the evening there with his wife and son and fly the next day to an important business meeting in Hay River. He took the direct route to hi...

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Main Authors: Ruth M. Heron, Heron Ergonomics Inc, Waldemar Krolak, Shawn Coyle
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.365.229
http://www.bluecoat.org/reports/Heron_97_GPS.pdf
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Summary:On August 17, 1995, a pilot took off from Fort McMurray, Alberta in his company Cessna U206G on a VFR flight to Uranium City, Saskatchewan. His plan was to spend the evening there with his wife and son and fly the next day to an important business meeting in Hay River. He took the direct route to his destination