Development of the C-17 formation airdrop element geometry

22nd Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 261-271

  Blake, William B ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; PARACHUTES; TRACKING (POSITION);

DROP ZONE; ELEMENT GEOMETRY;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84983140555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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