Operational tests of noise abatement approaches for rotorcraft using differential GPS for guidance

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 352-359

  Hindson, William S ^a   Chen, Robert T N ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; AIRCRAFT LANDING; AIRCRAFT LANDING SYSTEMS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HELICOPTER ROTORS; NOISE ABATEMENT; TRAJECTORIES; VORTEX FLOW;

LOCAL DIFFERENTIAL GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (LDGPS); MULTI-SEGMENTED GLIDEPATHS;

MILITARY HELICOPTERS;

EID: 0032184344     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.43.352     Document Type: Article

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