Van Gowdy
Author
Publisher
U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A series of human subject tests were conducted by the Biodynamics Research Team at the FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute (CAMI) to investigate human factors associated with the "easy reach" requirement in FAA regulations for under-seat mounted life preservers. The protocol was designed to observe and measure the effects of human physical attributes and life preserver installation features relevant to the retrieval of life preservers. A mockup...