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VISUAL ILLUSIONS

VISUAL ILLUSIONS. ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY #1 PHOENIX, ARIZONA. False Vertical/Horizontal Cues (False Horizon). Occurs when the pilot subconsciously chooses the wrong reference point for orientation. Fascination/Fixation. TASK SATURATION. TARGET HYPNOSIS.

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VISUAL ILLUSIONS

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  1. VISUAL ILLUSIONS ARIZONA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY #1 PHOENIX, ARIZONA

  2. False Vertical/Horizontal Cues(False Horizon) Occurs when the pilot subconsciously chooses the wrong reference point for orientation

  3. Fascination/Fixation TASK SATURATION TARGET HYPNOSIS

  4. Flicker Vertigo Caused by sunlight flickering through rotor blades Rotating beacons reflecting against an overcast sky or against the windscreen

  5. Confusion with Ground Lights • Along seashores or rural areas • Ground lights may be perceived as celestial lights • Celestial lights may be perceived as ground lights

  6. Relative Motion Falselyperceived self-motion in relation to the real motion of another object

  7. ALTERED PLANES OF REFERENCE • Inaccurate sense of altitude, attitude, or flight path • Mountains / Valleys

  8. Structural Illusion The phenomenon in which objects become distorted when visual obscurants are present such as rain, snow, sleet, or the curvature of a wind screen

  9. HEIGHT/DEPTH PERCEPTION Do to a lack of visual cues, the pilots or crew members may perceive that they are higher than they actually are

  10. Crater Illusion CRATER ILLUSION An illusion that the aircraft is landing into a hole or crater, created when the search light is positioned too far under the nose of the aircraft

  11. Size- Distance Illusion Am I too Low ? Large Wide Runway 24 Narrow Runway Am I too High ? 24

  12. Autokinetic Illusion Occurs when a static light appears to move when it is stared at for several seconds

  13. REVERSABLE PERSPECTIVE At night, an aircraft may appear to be going away when it is actually approaching

  14. QUIZ Click on the link below to access the Visual Illusions Quiz http://ang.quizstarpro.com Log-in and Click “Search” Tab Class Name = Visual Illusions

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