Ground and flight evaluation of a small-scale inflatable-winged aircraft

40th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Murray, James E ^a   Pahle, Joseph W ^a   Thornton, Stephen V ^a   Vogus, Shannon ^a   Frackowiak, Tony ^b   Mello, Joseph D ^c   Norton, Brook ^d  

^a NASA DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ANALYTICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS INC   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vertigo   (United States)

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