Müller, SimonRoche, FabienneManzey, Dietrich2020-12-042020-12-042019-10-152192-0923https://depositonce.tu-berlin.de/handle/11303/12117http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-10993Abstract. A simulator study investigated the consequences of a transition between two alternative formats of the attitude indictor in aircraft cockpits, the moving-horizon and moving-aircraft format. Two groups of novices practiced performing two flight tasks (flight-path tracking and recovery from unusual attitudes) with one attitude-indicator format for six practice sessions, before transitioning to the other format. The results show that, after practice, participants were able to perform both tasks equally well with both attitude-indicator formats. However, the number of reversal errors in the recovery task increased considerably when transitioning from the moving-aircraft to moving-horizon format. No such effect emerged for the other direction. This suggests that the former transition is more difficult and represents a possible risk for flight safety.en150 Psychologieattitude indicatortransitionspatial disorientationdisplay design principlesdisplay–control compatibilityArticle2192-0931