The Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft (QSRA) is a flight facility which Ames Research Center is using to conduct a broad program of terminal area and low-speed, propulsive-life flight research. A joint Navy/NASA flight research program used the QSRA to investigate the application of advanced propulsive-lift technology to the naval aircraft-carrier environment. Flight performance of the QSRA is presented together with the results or the joint Navy/NASA flight program. During the joint program, the QSRA operated aboard the USS Kitty Hawk for 4 days, during which numerous unarrested landings and free deck takeoffs were accomplished. These operations demonstrated that a large aircraft incorporating upper-surface-blowing, propulsive-life technology can be operated in the aircraft-carrier environment without any unusual problems.


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    Title :

    Quiet Short-Haul Research Aircraft Joint Navy/NASA Sea Trials


    Contributors:
    Queen, S. (author) / Cochrane, J. (author)

    Conference:

    Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 1981 ; Saint Louis, MO, United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1982-08-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English