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Despite
safety
improvements
in
some
areas
of
general
aviation,
midair
collisions
remain
steady
at
around
0.035
per
100,000
flying
hours,
or
about
15
per
year.
The
FAA
and
other
organizations
recommend
a
timed,
systematic,
visual
scan
in
which
the
pilot
fixates
at
a
location
for
at
least
one
second,
then
shifts
gaze
no
more
than
10
degrees
to
the
next
sector
in
the
visual
field.
Although
all
pilots
are
exposed
to
this
concept,
they
do
not
receive
systematic
or
extensive
training
in
how
to
execute
it.
Using
a
General
Aviation
Flight
Training
Device
and
head
and
eye
tracking
systems,
we
are
running
studies
to
determine
the
scanning
patterns
pilots
actually
use
and
to
evaluate
the
effectiveness
of
these
patterns.
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