Abstract
We analyze pilot flight technique using the fixed base flight simulator of the Suzuki-Tsuchiya laboratory at The University of Tokyo. We look at pitch control style and input frequencies in particular, and identified differences between professional pilots and students without prior flight experience. Also students with a lot of experience playing the Microsoft Flight Simulator game show a typical control style. In addition we can distinguish control styles between instrument flight and visual flight. We provided simulator training to a number of students and followed them over a period of a few months. The analysis of their data shows that their control input frequency increases, and resembles the professional pilot's control style more and more. In addition, we found trainees develop a characteristic change in the pupil diameter just before landing comparable with professional pilots. We believe these findings are an important step towards the objective evaluation of trainee pilots.
