Small Aircraft Transportation System Concept and Technologies

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-35

  Holmes, Bruce J ^a,c   Durham, Michael H ^a,d   Tarry, Scott E ^b,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c Airspace/Vehicle Systems Integration   (United States)

^d Adv Air Transportation Technologies   (United States)

^e Aviation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; AIRPORT RUNWAYS; CIVIL AVIATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

POINT-TO-POINT AIR MOBILITY; SMALL AIRCRAFT TRANSPORT SYSTEM (SATS) CONCEPT;

AIR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 1542397208     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.3257     Document Type: Review

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