An essential aspect of flying is the pilot’s visual scan behaviour. Scanning behaviour can be hard to learn, especially for pilots that are training for their first type rating. Instructor assessment of scan behaviour is often limited, as it is based on visual observation of pilot movements, flight simulation results, and questions about flight parameters during flight.

Insights into a pilot’s visual scan behaviour are often mostly subjective. Contemporary tools and techniques used during pilot training are not able to provide instructors with objective scan behaviour information.

Augmented Eye – NLR’s augmented reality-based training technology – provides instructors with the means to perceive the pilot’s visual scan behaviour in real-time, allowing instructors to provide informed feedback and improve training results. Our innovative technology even allows for a wide selection of visualisations for scan pattern behaviour, further improving pilot analysis and assessment.