What feedback do fighter pilots get when their plane is damaged, and how do they know whether to abort?
I remember once being told a story about the design of a UK fighter plane and a US fighter plane. On the UK fighter plane, the system designers were very proud of their amazing new high technology approach. Whenever the system encountered difficulties (or damage), it would announce the problem using a synthesised voice and provide a summary of the plane’s key statistics and, most importantly, its current range. Surprise surprise, pilots hated it because they were massively overloaded with information. The designers of the US plane took a totally different approach. The only form of feedback used by this system was a bell. The system did a bunch of calculations in the background based on various factors. If the bell didn’t sound, the mission was accomplishable. The sounding of the bell simply signified “abort mission”. I’d like to know if this story is true, or if there is any other publicly available information out there on this subject. Thanks!

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