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1957
1957 - 0059.PDF
FLIGHT, 11 January 1957 59 The outlook from the Lockheed Super-G Constellation. The pro- nounced perspective effect sharply reduces the pilot's visibility through the starboard windows. Cockpit Comparison BY means of a special cameraplaced in the first pilot or driver's seat, the U.S. Civil Aero-nautics Administration Technical Development Station at Indian-apolis obtained "swivelling-eye- view" pictures from three air-liner cockpits and—for compara- tive purposes—a typical Ameri-can car. Each photograph is reproduced to the same scale andhas been printed with the refer- ence points (the pilot's focal pointwhen looking straight ahead) in line. To make the comparisonmore effective the C.A.A. work- ers imposed a faint vertical andhorizontal scale, although, owing to the differing proximity of thewindows to the pilot's eyes, the horizontal ordinates cannot beused for a direct comparison. The lines on the vertical scale areabout 5i degrees apart; the superiority of the car in azimuthvisibility is self-evident. The lowered sill of the nearside port window of the DC-7 pro- vides good visibility for ground manoeuvres. The pillar width is rather obtrusive. In the Viscount, the deep wind- screen and windows make for a visi- bility level that is good by airline cockpit standards. The interior of a 1953 Ford Tudor Sedan, which is acknowledged to orovide good visibility by motor-car standards. The driver's horizontal 'ision extends nearly 360 degrees.
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