Comprehensive method of recording psycho-physiological and environmental signals during flight

In 2011 ITAM has completed work conducted with WIML’s representatives to develop a comprehensive method of psycho-physiological pilots’ signals and external environmental parameters during a test flight. It has been assumed that data will be collected “off line” during a training flight and stored in the monitoring module's memory, and after the flight it will be loaded to the operator’s station system at the airport. The “On line” transmission of chosen parameters directly into a database and ongoing observation have also been anticipated. One of the main assumptions for the system was its independent work from the avionics systems of aircraft used for training. This has made it possible to use the system regardless the type of aircraft equipment and without having the necessity to stringent criteria of aviation hardware acceptance. The recording system has been designed as a distributed system consists of modules carried by the pilot, those placed permanently in the cockpit of the plane, a station for test flight preparation and reading recorded data, as well as a database system accessible via the Internet. Communication between the various system modules is to employ various transmission systems, wired as well as wireless. For safety reasons wireless communication between modules in the cockpit was not used in flight, with the exception of GSM transmission used to transfer selected data directly to the Central Acquisition System.