Report summarizes study of problems associated with landing of manned advanced flight vehicles, ranging from re-entry vehicles to those proposed for hypersonic cruise; study conducted by Lockheed-California Co under direction of Flight Dynamics Laboratory of Aeronautical Systems Div, U S Air Force; means of defining satisfactory configurations developed during investigation are indicated; suitable criterion for determining whether human pilot can supply judgments necessary to make satisfactory landing; criterion can be related to rate of descent at height of 50 ft above touchdown point.


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    Title :

    Landing of advanced flight vehicles


    Additional title:

    AGARD -- Report


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    13 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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