Boeing and NASA Use Synthetic Vision to Make Flight Training Real

NASA and Boeing recently signed a Space Act Agreement and their work could lead to better flight training and aviation safety around the world.

[kilani]

There is a airbus cockpits showed in the video 😂😂

[Kaipeternicolas]

But why??? I mean there are already head up displays with virtual rwy's and putting synthetic vision in the PFD only would be totally sufficient. Don't make flying like a bad video game.

[DvoretskiyVitaliy]

View from cockpit of Airbas A320 family on at first 14 seconds was detected... lol

[ric]

Can you guys make me an F-15 E Strike Eagle simulator? ;)

[peakphotography]

Uhh a new Boeing First clip....Airbus cockpit XD

[wildzach]

I can't stand synthetic vision. It really gives new pilots an excuse to not stay sharp with IFR flying. When flying IFR, we are flying solely by reference to the instruments. So now you want to have a giant moving picture, not certified for navigation use, behind translucent instruments... sounds like a recipe for disaster. Instead of easily interpreting the instruments (which is all you need if you are instrument rated), now you will be constantly training yourself to ignore the giant moving picture behind your instruments.

If there isn't a problem, then don't fix it. If a giant glass artificial horizon isn't enough situational awareness for you, then why are you an airline pilot again?

Not to mention, synthetic vision just looks completely tacky. In a time when flying has gotten boring due to automation, please don't take away the last thing we have, which is cool cockpits. Windows Desktop is not a particularly charming look.

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