The NASA digital VGH program. Exploration of methods and final results. Volume 3: B 727 data 1978-1980: 1765 hours

B 727 digital flight data recorder data taken in 1978 through 1980 were analyzed to provide many statistical data useful for updating airliner airworthiness design criteria

Pilot's Automated Weather Support System (PAWSS) concepts demonstration project. Phase 1: Pilot's weather information requirements and implications for weather data systems design

The weather information requirements for pilots and the deficiencies of the current aviation weather support system in meeting these requirements are defined. As the amount of data available to pilots increases significantly in the near future, expert system technology will be needed to assist pilots in assimilating that information. Some other desirable characteristics of an automation-assisted system for weather data acquisition, dissemination, and assimilation are also described

The NASA digital VGH program. Exploration of methods and final results. Volume 1: Development of methods

Two hundred hours of Lockheed L 1011 digital flight data recorder data taken in 1973 were used to develop methods and procedures for obtaining statistical data useful for updating airliner airworthiness design criteria. Five thousand hours of additional data taken in 1978 to 1982 are reported in volumes 2, 3, 4 and 5

The NASA digital VGH program: Exploration of methods and final results. Volume 4: B 747 data 1978-1980, 1689 hours

B 747 digital flight data taken in 1978 through 1980 were analyzed to provide many statistical data useful for updating airliner airworthiness design criteria

The NASA digital VGH program: Exploration of methods and final results. Volume 2: L 1011 data 1978-1979: 1619 hours

Data obtained from the digital flight data recorder system of a L 1011 aircraft in 914 flights and 1619 hours of airline revenue operations are presented. Data on conditions with flap deployment and autopilot use are given. In addition, acceleration statistics are presented from 23 hours on nonrevenue flights

Pilot Weather Advisor System

The Pilot Weather Advisor (PWA) system is an automated satellite radio-broadcasting system that provides nearly real-time weather data to pilots of aircraft in flight anywhere in the continental United States. The system was designed to enhance safety in two distinct ways: First, the automated receipt of information would relieve the pilot of the time-consuming and distracting task of obtaining weather information via voice communication with ground stations. Second, the presentation of the information would be centered around a map format, thereby making the spatial and temporal relationships in the surrounding weather situation much easier to understan

NACA Research Memorandums

"The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics has conducted a flight test of a model approximating the McDonnell F3H-1N airplane configuration to determine its pitch-up and buffet boundaries, as well as the usual longitudinal stability derivatives obtainable from the pulsed- tail technique. The test was conducted by the freely flying rocket-boosted model technique developed at the Langley Laboratory; results were obtained at Mach numbers from 0.40 to 1.27 at corresponding Reynolds numbers of 2.6 x 10(exp 6) and 9.0 x 10(exp 6). The phenomena of pitch-up, buffet, and maximum lift were encountered at Mach numbers between 0.42 and 0.85" (p. 1)