A Room with a View

It was a dark and stormy night… So begins a terrifying story told by many small aircraft pilots who found themselves in bad weather with no clear view of the ground below. But flying under these conditions doesn’t have to mean flying blind, thanks to new technology that will give pilots a virtual view of the terrain when visibility is low. The research was featured recently on WOUB-TV as part of the Science Spotlight TV series.

Watch the program online at www.ohio.edu/sciencespotlight/
sky.html.

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photo:
Rick Fatica

In the Cockpit
Technology is giving pilots a clearer vision.