Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden - Couverture souple

Tucker, Tom

 
9781478266662: Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden

Synopsis

This monograph relates the important history of the Propulsion Controlled Aircraft project at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Spurred by a number of airplane crashes caused by the loss of hydraulic flight controls, a NASA-industry team lead by Frank W. Burcham and C. Gordon Fullerton developed a way to land an aircraft safely using only engine thrust to control the airplane.

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This monograph relates the important history of the Propulsion Controlled Aircraft project at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center. Spurred by a number of airplane crashes caused by the loss of hydraulic flight controls, a NASA-industry team lead by Frank W. Burcham and C. Gordon Fullerton developed a way to land an aircraft safely using only engine thrust to control the airplane.

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9781493785193: Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden

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ISBN 10 :  1493785192 ISBN 13 :  9781493785193
Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishi..., 2013
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