X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:58:44 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vms173003pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.3] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.2) with ESMTP id 5292078 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:59:07 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.46.173.3; envelope-from=mnewman@dragonnorth.com Received: from PCMIKE3 ([unknown] [72.70.56.213]) by vms173003.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LVQ00F18BXBSPM0@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:58:28 -0600 (CST) Reply-to: From: "Michael Newman" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: Fixation and Optical Acuity X-Original-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:58:22 -0500 X-Original-Message-id: <014301ccb345$330f5560$992e0020$@com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0144_01CCB31B.4A394D60" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-index: AcyzRTAERnilqSLrS4u+3N6FHRQ6YQ== Content-language: en-us This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0144_01CCB31B.4A394D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Try it . you'll be surprised!! And it is not due to your "blind spot", where the optic nerve comes into the retina ... From an ex-American Airlines Captain ... This is a great illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside the cockpit when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told to scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the process. I can remember being told why this was the most effective technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized repeatedly to not fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with years of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes moving and our head on a swivel" because this was the best way to survive, not only in combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair collision) as well. We basically had to take the advice on faith (until we could experience for ourselves) because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time. Click on the link below for a demonstration ... http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html _____ Michael Newman Dragonnorth Group 401 Sandy Valley Road Westwood, MA 02090 Cell: 617 821-4608 Home: 617 566-7975 Fax: 617 566-7975 www.dragonnorth.com mnewman@dragonnorth.com ------=_NextPart_000_0144_01CCB31B.4A394D60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Try it = … you'll be surprised!! And it is not due to your = "blind spot", where the optic nerve comes into the retina = ...

From an ex-American Airlines = Captain ...

&= nbsp;This is a great = illustration of what we were taught about scanning outside the cockpit = when I went through training back in the '50s. We were told to = scan the horizon for a short distance, stop momentarily, and repeat the = process. I can remember being told why this was the most effective = technique to locate other aircraft. It was emphasized repeatedly = to not fix your gaze for more than a couple of seconds on any single = object. The instructors, some of whom were WWII veterans with = years of experience, instructed us to continually "keep our eyes = moving and our head on a swivel" because this was the best way to = survive, not only in combat, but from peacetime hazards (like a midair = collision) as well.

&= nbsp;We basically had = to take the advice on faith (until we could experience for ourselves) = because the technology to demonstrate it didn't exist at that time. = Click on the link below for a demonstration = ...

&= nbsp; = http://www.msf-usa.org/motion.html

Michael = Newman	Dragonnorth Group
401 = Sandy Valley Road Westwood, MA 02090	Cell: 617 821-4608 Home: 617 566-7975 Fax: 617 = 566-7975
www.dragonnorth.com =	mnewman@dragonnorth.com=

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