Photographic documentation of Pilot Andrew Allen testing the Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer (PILOT) on the Space Shuttle Columbia's flight deck during STS-62. The PILOT simulator was developed to help the shuttle commander and pilot maintain the highest possible level of proficiency for the end-of-mission approach adn landing task on extended duration operations flights by strongly reinforcing visual cues over the temporal, proprioceptive, and otolithic cues.
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Photographic documentation of Pilot Andrew Allen testing the Portable In-flight Landing Operations Trainer (PILOT) on the Space Shuttle Columbia's flight deck during STS-62. The PILOT simulator was developed to help the shuttle commander and pilot maintain the highest possible level of proficiency for the end-of-mission approach adn landing task on extended duration operations flights by strongly reinforcing visual cues over the temporal, proprioceptive, and otolithic cues.