Flying qualities from early airplanes to the Space Shuttle

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 449-459

  Phillips, William H ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SPACE SHUTTLES;

COMMAND CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL-SYSTEM FRICTION; FLYING QUALITIES OF AIRPLANES; GUST RESPONSE; HUMAN RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS; STINSON SR-8E AIRPLANE;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 0024689779     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.20432     Document Type: Article

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