Breaking the Mishap Chain
Breaking the Mishap Chain

Author: Peter W. Merlin

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published:

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780160915635

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This volume contains a collection of case studies of mishaps involving experimental aircraft, aerospace vehicles, and spacecraft in which human factors played a significant role. In all cases the engineers involved, the leaders and managers, and the operators (i.e., pilots and astronauts) were supremely qualified and by all accounts superior performers. Such accidents and incidents rarely resulted from a single cause but were the outcome of a chain of events in which altering at least one element might have prevented disaster. As such, this work is most certainly not an anthology of blame. It is offered as a learning tool so that future organizations, programs, and projects may not be destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. These lessons were learned at high material and personal costs and should not be lost to the pages of history.

Fifty Years of Flight Research
Fifty Years of Flight Research

Author: David F. Fisher

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 526

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A bibliography of Technical Reports from Dryden Research Center, 1946-1996. Dryden was a National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) facility from to 1946-1958, when NACA became NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). This bibliography encompasses both NACA and NASA publications. Illustrated with diagrams and photos. Black and white version.

Ground and Flight Testing for Aircraft Guidance and Control
Ground and Flight Testing for Aircraft Guidance and Control

Author: Reiner Onken

Publisher:

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 208

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The objective of this AGARDograph, assembled by the Guidance and Control Panel of AGARD, is to bring together the benefits in use of major test facilities and techniques in evaluating aircraft guidance and control functions, components and systems. The emphasis will be on specific examples of user oriented test programs rather than descriptions of the facilities. The AGARDograph is organized into five parts. Part I deals with control handling and active control testing; Part II covers tests on flight path control; Part III focusses on navigation system testing; Part IV embarks on combat guidance and control evaluation and Part V gives some insight in testing of flight-crucial digital systems in guidance and control. Additional keywords: NATO furnished; fuel conservation; ground testing; wind tunnel tests; helicopter warfare; avionics; dead reckoning; air to air; aerial warfare; fighter aircraft.

Aeronautical Engineering
Aeronautical Engineering

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Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 586

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A selection of annotated references to unclassified reports and journal articles that were introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system and announced in Scientific and technical aerospace reports (STAR) and International aerospace abstracts (IAA).

Active Control Systems--review, Evaluation and Projections
Active Control Systems--review, Evaluation and Projections

Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. Flight Mechanics Panel. Symposium

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Published: 1985

Total Pages: 422

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The papers considered comprehensive range of topics including: Active Control Technology applications; optimisation of systems architecture for both reliability and cost; control low design, development and test; the application of handling qualities criteria and the operational demonstration ofsystem reliability.