ABSTRACT
Aviation psychology emerged from World War II as a new scientific discipline-a clearly recognisable branch of experimental psychology (Fitts, 1947; Chapanis, Gamer, & Morgan, 1949). Several notable psychologists had been involved in pilot selection during World War I, but most of the tests they devised would now be considered little more than practical jokes on eager young pilot wannabes (Koonce, 1984). Furthermore, prior to World War II psychologists had no memorable involvement in pilot training or the experimental study of human factors in aviation equipment design, the other two subfields of aviation psychology.
