The effects of two instrument lighting systems on dark adaptation
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Report Number: WADC TR 52-263
Author(s): Wilcox, L. R., Cole, E. L.
Corporate Author(s): Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Lab Wright-Patterson AFB OH
Date of Publication: 1952-02
Pages: 22
DoD Task:
Identifier: AD0005006
AD Number: 5006
Abstract:
Four pilots with normal vision were tested for the effects of the standard indirect red and red-flood aircraft lighting systems on dark adaptation. Data were gathered in a completely blacked-out cockpit while the aircraft was in a hangar and also during conditions of normal night flight. Significant differences in dark adaptation thresholds were found between the hangar and flight phases and between the low and high levels of light intensity used. No significant differences were found between the types of lighting systems used. It is concluded that the flight conditions of starlit night sky affect dark adaptation levels to a significant degree.
Author(s): Wilcox, L. R., Cole, E. L.
Corporate Author(s): Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Lab Wright-Patterson AFB OH
Date of Publication: 1952-02
Pages: 22
DoD Task:
Identifier: AD0005006
AD Number: 5006
Abstract:
Four pilots with normal vision were tested for the effects of the standard indirect red and red-flood aircraft lighting systems on dark adaptation. Data were gathered in a completely blacked-out cockpit while the aircraft was in a hangar and also during conditions of normal night flight. Significant differences in dark adaptation thresholds were found between the hangar and flight phases and between the low and high levels of light intensity used. No significant differences were found between the types of lighting systems used. It is concluded that the flight conditions of starlit night sky affect dark adaptation levels to a significant degree.