Helicopter flight decks have changed significantly over the last few decades and one reason is the attention being paid to ergonomic factors in flight deck design. Today’s cockpits no longer are cluttered with multiple dials, gauges, switches and artificial horizons. Instead, pilots now get most flight critical information from high resolution liquid crystal displays.
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