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Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System, Western States Fire Missions

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Merlin, Peter W.

eng

The story of the Ikhana, a remotely piloted vehicle used by NASA researchers to conduct Earth science research and which became an unexpected flying and imaging helper to emergency workers battling California wildfires. View more

Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Merlin, Peter W.

eng

This volume contains an investigation of remotely piloted research vehicle (RPRV) and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mishaps and will examine their causes, consequences, resultant corrective actions, and lessons learned. Most undesired outcomes usually do not occur because of a single event, but rather from a series of events and actions involving equipment malfunctions and/or human factors. This book comprises a series of case studies focusing mostly on accidents and incidents involving experim... View more

Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Merlin, Peter W. | Bendrick, Gregg A. | Holland, Dwight A.

eng

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 elemen... View more

A New Twist in Flight Research: The F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Project

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Merlin, Peter W.

eng

Since birds are naturally efficient flyers, it is not surprising that they have served as an inspiration to both casual observers and serious scholars of flight. In fact, lessons learned from the study of birds in centuries past may have a significant impact on future aircraft development.NASA, Air Force, and industry researchers are using wing-shaping techniques that emulate the flexibility of bird wings to develop flight controls for 21st-century airplanes. The first step toward these goals?a ... View more

Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Benson, Lawrence R.

eng

On a hot and humid July day in 2003, a pair of small supersonic jet airplanes took off together from Cecil Field, a former naval air station on the eastern edge of Jacksonville, FL. Even though the Northrop Corporation had built both planes based on a common design, it was hard at first glance to tell that the two aircraft flying side by side were so closely related. One was a sleek T-38 Talon, a two-seat aircraft that has served as the U.S. Air Force?s (USAF?s) advanced trainer since the early ... View more

Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Merlin, Peter W.

eng

Over the span of more than six decades, the U-2 evolved from a relatively basic, high-altitude camera platform for performing clandestine reconnaissance missions into a complex, multisensor platform that has been adapted for a multitude of civil and military roles. Variants in more than a dozen configurations have been used for intelligence gathering, strategic and tactical reconnaissance, communications relay, battle-damage assessment, treaty monitoring and verification, disaster relief, enviro... View more

The Power for Flight: NASA’s Contributions to Aircraft Propulsion

Source: NASA - e-Book Archive

Author: Kinney, Jeremy R.

eng

Aircraft propulsion technology provides the power for flight. Since 1958, NASA researchers have pushed the boundaries of the design of power plants for both subsonic and supersonic flight. Innovations that emerged from NASA programs contributed to the development ultra-high bypass turbofans, advanced turboprops, and refined systems reflecting the desire for more efficient, quieter, cleaner, and safer engines. In the process, the agency played a major role as an innovator, facilitator, collaborat... View more

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Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System, Western States Fire Missions

Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft

Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

A New Twist in Flight Research: The F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Project

Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight

Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2

The Power for Flight: NASA’s Contributions to Aircraft Propulsion

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Ikhana: Unmanned Aircraft System, Western States Fire Missions

Crash Course: Lessons Learned from Accidents Involving Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft

Breaking the Mishap Chain: Human Factors Lessons Learned from Aerospace Accidents and Incidents in Research, Flight Test, and Development

A New Twist in Flight Research: The F-18 Active Aeroelastic Wing Project

Quieting the Boom: The Shaped Sonic Boom Demonstrator and the Quest for Quiet Supersonic Flight

Unlimited Horizons: Design and Development of the U-2

The Power for Flight: NASA’s Contributions to Aircraft Propulsion

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