Twenty-four Air Force Academy cadets participated in an experiment designed to investigate gender differences in the transfer of training between various basic instrument maneuvers. Half the subjects, six males and six females, first flew a climb, cruise, descend profile and then flew a transfer task profile of right turn, cruise, left turn. The remaining subjects, six males and six females, flew the profiles in the reverse order. The results indicate that gender differences in performance of basic flying skills are probably due to previous differential exposure to similar type tasks. Males and females transferred previous training equally well to more difficult basic instrument maneuvers.
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