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Airborne trailblazer: two decades with nasa langley's 737 flying laboratory
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wallace, Lane E. |
| Copyright Year | 1994 |
| Description | This book is the story of a very unique aircraft and the contributions it has made to the air transportation industry. NASA's Boeing 737-100 Transport Systems Research Vehicle started life as the prototype for Boeing's 737 series of aircraft. The airplane was acquired by LaRC in 1974 to conduct research into advanced transport aircraft technologies. In the twenty years that followed, the airplane participated in more than twenty different research projects, evolving from a research tool for a specific NASA program into a national airborne research facility. It played a critical role in developing and gaining acceptance for numerous significant transport technologies including 'glass cockpits,' airborne windshear detection systems, data links for air traffic control communications, the microwave landing system, and the satellite-based global positioning system (GPS). |
| File Size | 353911166 |
| Page Count | 201 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19940028287 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6f23wc1g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1994-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aeronautics (general) Industries Transport Aircraft Research Vehicles Global Positioning System Research Facilities Air Traffic Control Data Links Microwave Landing Systems Aerial Reconnaissance Airborne Equipment Prototypes Air Transportation Boeing 737 Aircraft Wind Shear Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |