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HITL SIMULATIONS TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
Included here are several technical papers that were written to describe various topics of interest to users of the Vertical Motion Simulation facility at the NASA Ames Research Center. Most of these papers were presented at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) international conferences.

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2004

Lehmer, R., and Malsom, S., "Distributed System Architecture in VAST-RT for Real-Time Airspace Simulation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2004.
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Tran, D., and Hernandez, E., "Use of the Vertical Motion Simulator in Support of the American Airlines Flight 587 Accident Investigation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2004.
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Beard, S., "Turnaround Bump Reduction in a Linear Hydraulic Actuator by Mechanical Means," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2004.
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Hardy, G., and Lewis, E., "Cockpit Display of Traffic and Wake Information for Closely Spaced Parallel Approaches," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2004.
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Madson, M., "Air Traffic Controllers and Real-time Simulation: A Powerful Combination," Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Journal of Air Traffic Control, Jan.-March 2004.
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2003

Giovannetti, D., "NASA Ames Research Center Simulation Laboratories," Journal of Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSAIC), 2003.
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Go, T., Bürki-Cohen, J., Chung, W., Schroeder, J., Saillant, G., Jacobs, S., and Longridge, T., "The Effects of Enhanced Hexapod Motion on Airline Pilot Recurrent Training and Evaluation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2003.
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Bunnell, J., "Simulating a Tail-Less Re-Entry Vehicle," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2003.
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Dorighi, N., and Sullivan, B., "FutureFlight Central: A Revolutionary Air Traffic Control Tower Simulation Facility," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Sep. 2003.
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2002

Miraflor, R., "Integrating a Noise Modeling Capability with Simulation Environments," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Oct. 2002.
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Lockwood, S., Dorighi, N., Rabin, B., and Madson, M., "Runway Incursion Studies in NASA's FutureFlight Central," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aircraft Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) 2002 Technical Forum, Oct. 2002.
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Lockwood, S., Atkins, S., and Dorighi, N., "Surface Management System Simulations in NASA's FutureFlight Central," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Modeling and Simulation Conference, 5 May 2002.
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Dorighi, N., and Rabin, B., "NASA Uses Virtual Reality to Target Runway Incursions at LAX," Federal Aviation Administration Technology Transfer Conference, 2 May 2002.
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Frost, C., Franklin, J., and Hardy, G., "Evaluation of Flying Qualities and Guidance Displays for an Advanced Tilt-Wing Transport Aircraft in Final Approach and Landing," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Hardy, G., "Pursuit Display Review and Extension to a Civil Tilt Rotor Flight Director," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Zuniga, F., Cliff, S., Kinney, D., Smith, S., Hawke, V., and Tang, C., "Vehicle Design of a Sharp CTV Concept Using a Virtual Flight Rapid Integration Test Environment," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Bunnell, J., and Mikula, J., "Rapid Integration Test Enviroment: An Integrated Process for Aircraft Design," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Giovannetti, D., "High Fidelity Simulator Rapid Cockpit Implementation Demonstrated Using a Blackhawk Configuration," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Sweet, D., Manikonda, V., Aronson, J., Roth, K., and Blake, M., "Fast-Time Simulation System for Analysis of Advanced Air Transportation Concepts," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Advani, S., Giovannetti, D., and Blum, M., "Design of a Hexipod Motion Cueing System for NASA Ames Vertical Motion Simulator," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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Sullivan, B., and Malsom, S., "Development of a Real-Time Virtual Airspace Simulation Capability for Air Traffic Management Research," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2002.
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2001

Bunnell, J., "An Integrated Time-Varying Airwake in a UH-60 Black Hawk Shipboard Landing Simulation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2001.
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McFarland, R., "Adjustable Limiting Algorithms for Robust Motion Simulation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2001.
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Chung, W., Perry, C., and Bengford, N., "Investigation of Effectiveness of the Dynamic Seat in a Black Hawk Flight Simulation," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2001.
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2000

Chung, W., "A Review of Approaches to Determine the Effectiveness of Ground-Based Flight Simulations" American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2000.
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1999

Haines, R., and Doubek, S., "Human-Computer Interfaces Required in a Modern Air Traffic Control Research Simulator," Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) International '99, Aug. 1999.
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Mikula, J., Chung, W., and Tran, D., "Motion Fidelity Criteria for Roll-Lateral Translational Tasks," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1999.
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Lehmer, R., and Chung, W., "Image Dynamic Measurement System (IDMS-2) for Flight Simulation Fidelity Verification," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1999.
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Schroeder, J., Chung, W., and Hess, R., "Spatial Frequency and Platform Motion Effects on Helicopter Altitude Control," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1999.
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Tran, D., Chung, W., and Mikula, J., "Preliminary Investigation of the Motion Fidelity Criterion for a Pitch-Longitudinal Translation Task," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1999.
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1998

Schroeder, J., Chung, W., Tran, D., Laforce, S., and Bengford, N., "Pilot Induced Oscillation Prediction with Three Levels of Simulation Motion Displacement," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1998.
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1996

Sullivan, B., and Soukup, P., "The NASA 747-400 Flight Simulator: A National Resource for Aviation Safety Research," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996.
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Sullivan, B., Panda, C., Soukup, P., "Implementing FANS in the NASA 747-400 Flight Simulator for Airspace Operational Research," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996.
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Chung, W., Gerdes, R., and LaForce, S., "Phase Response Requirements Between Cross-Coupled Motion Axes for Handling Qualities Research Simulators," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996.
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Blake, M., "The NASA Advanced Concepts Flight Simulator: A Unique Transport Aircraft Research Environment," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996.
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Blake, M., King, J., and Pires, C., "Multiprocessor Computation in the Research Flight Simulation Environment," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1996.
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1993

Sweeney, C., Chetelat, M., and Sheppard, S., "Development and Operation of a Real-Time Simulation at the NASA-Ames Vertical Motion Simulator," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

Anderson, S., and Morrison, R., "Lessons Learned from a Historical Review of Piloted Aircraft Simulators at NASA-Ames Research Center," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.
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Fought, D., and Kull, F., "Line-of-Sight Determination in Real-Time Simulations," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

Darling, D., and Sansom, R., "A Radar Altitude and Line-of-Sight Attachment," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

Wilkins, D., and Roach, C., "A High Fidelity Video Delivery System for Real-Time Flight Simulation Research," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

Weske, R., and Danek, G., "Pseudo Aircraft Systems: A Multi-Aircraft Simulation System for Air Traffic Control Research," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

Reinbachs, N., "Enhancing Real-Time Flight Simulation Execution by Intercepting Run-Time Library Calls," American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1993.

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