Close formation flight control

1999 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1231-1246

  Proud, Andrew W ^a   Pachter, Meir ^a   D'azzo, John J ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; AIR NAVIGATION; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT CONTROL; FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS; WINGS;

AERODYNAMIC COUPLINGS; AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS; AIRCRAFT MANEUVERS; FORMATION FLIGHT;

AERODYNAMICS;

EID: 84959111091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1999-4207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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