Aviation safety will get a huge fillip if researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics get these simulation experiments up to speed. Presently they are embarking upon a project called the SUPRA which is an acronym for Simulation of Upset Recovery in Aviation. During this three year simulation project, researchers will judge how pilots react to critical manoeuvres in dangerous situations. By studying how the pilots’ brains react to such situation, the researchers will develop simulation packages that will help pilots practice how to handle such situations beforehand. If they do manage to achieve this, aviation safety will receive a major boost with better trained pilots flying the next generation of high performance aircraft.
