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Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots

Researcher places probes on test subject's head.
11.26.08

Advanced technology could help pilots when they are operating under dangerous levels of stress, fatigue and distraction.

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It Began Because He Was Crazy About Airplanes

Roy Harris.
10.29.08

On a Saturday in late May in 1958, Roy Harris graduated from Georgia Tech. A Saturday later, he got married. Two Saturdays after that, he and his new bride rented a small trailer, loaded it and drove ...

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NASA and Gulfstream Flying in High Def

Pilot Tom Horne readies to fly an External Vision System from an F-18.
10.27.08

NASA is partnering with Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. on a project that could aid visibility for pilots of future supersonic business jets.

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