| Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden Contributor(s): Tucker, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 147826666X ISBN-13: 9781478266662 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation - Political Science - Science | Physics - Astrophysics |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.37 lbs) 62 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This monograph relates the important history of the Propulsion Controlled Aircraft project at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. Spurred by a number of airplane crashes caused by the loss of hydraulic flight controls, a NASA-industry team lead by Frank W. Burcham and C. Gordon Fullerton developed a way to land an aircraft safely using only engine thrust to control the airplane. |