Reports, Papers, Articles, and Presentations:
Johnny G. Armstrong, “Flight Planning and Conduct of the X-15A-2 Envelope Expansion Program,” AFFTC TD-69-4 (1969).
Theodore G. Ayers and James B. Hallissy, “Historical Background and Design Evolution of the Transonic Aircraft Technology Supercritical Wing,” NASA TM-81356 (1981).
John V. Becker, “The X-15 Project,” Astronautics and Aeronautics, vol. 2, No. 2 (Feb. 1964).
John V. Becker, “The X-15 Program in Retrospect,” Raumfahrtforschung (Mar.–Apr. 1969).
C.C. Clark and C.H. Woodling, “Centrifuge Simulation of the X-15 Research Aircraft,” Naval Air Development Center NADC MA-5916 (1959).
Dwain A. Deets and Kenneth J. Szalai, “Design and Flight Experience with a Digital Fly-By-Wire Control System in an F-8 Airplane,” NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, Conference Paper AGARD-CP-137 (1974).
Robert G. Hoey, “Horizontal Landing Techniques for Hypersonic Vehicles,” NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, AGARD Report No. 428 (1963).
Robert G. Hoey and Richard E. Day, “Mission Planning and Operational Procedures for the X-15 Airplane,” NASA TN D-1158 (1962).
Robert G. Hoey, et al., “Flight Test Results from the Entry and Landing of the Space Shuttle Orbiter for the First Twelve Orbital Flights,” AFFTC TR-85-11 (1985).
E.C. Holloman, “Piloting Performance During the Boost of the X-15 Airplane to High-Altitude,” NASA TN-D-2289 (1964).
C. Hwang, E. Jonson, G. Mills, T. Noll, and M. Farmer, “Wind Tunnel Test of a Fighter Aircraft Wing/Store Flutter Suppression System: An International Effort,” NATO Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, AGARD R-689 (1980).
Kenneth W. Iliff and L.W. Taylor, Jr., “Determination of Stability Derivatives from Flight Data Using a Newton-Raphson Minimization Technique,” NASA TN-D-6579 (1972).
Kenneth W. Iliff, “Aircraft Parameter Estimation,” AIAA Paper 1987-0623 (1987).
E.E. Kordes and R.B. Noll, “Flight Flutter Results for Flat Rectangular Panels,” NASA TN-D-1058 (1962).
E.E. Kordes, R.D. Reed, and A.L. Dawdy, “Structural Heating Experiences on the X-15 Airplane,” NASA TM-X-711 (1962).
Andrew M. Lizotte and Michael J. Allen, “Twist Model Development and Results From the Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18 Aircraft,” NASA TM-2005-212861 (2005).
NASA, “Flight Test Results Pertaining to the Space Shuttlecraft,” NASA TM-X-2101, (1970).
R.B. Noll, C.R. Jarvis, C. Pembo, W.P. Lock, and B.J. Scott, “Aerodynamic and Control-System Contributions to the X-15 Airplane Landing-Gear Loads,” NASA TN-D-2090 (1963).
Weneth D. Painter and George J. Sitterle, “Ground and Flight Test Methods for Determining Limit Cycle and Structural Resonance Characteristics of Aircraft Stability Augmentation Systems,” NASA TN-D-6867 (1972).
NASA, “Shuttle Performance: Lessons Learned,” NASA CP-2283, pt. 1–2, (1983).
Paul Pellicano, Joseph Krumenacker, and David Van Hoy, “X-29 High Angle-of-Attack Flight Test Procedures, Results, and Lessons Learned,” Society of Flight Test Engineers 21st Annual Symposium (1990).
F.S. Petersen, H.A. Rediess, and J. Weil, “Lateral-Directional Control Characteristics of the X-15 Airplane,” NASA TM-X-726 (1962).
Paul W. Phillips and Stephen B. Smith, “AFTI/F-111 Mission Adaptive Wing (MAW) Automatic Flight Control System Modes Lift and Drag Characteristics,” AFFTC TR-89-03 (1989).
William H. Phillips, “Effect of Steady Rolling on Longitudinal and Directional Stability,” NACA TN-627 (1948).
B.L. Schofield, D.F. Richardson, and P.C. Hoag, “Terminal Area Energy Management, Approach, and Landing Investigation for Maneuvering Reentry Vehicles using F-111A and NB-52B Aircraft,” AFFTC TD-70-2 (1970).
L.W. Taylor, Jr., “Analysis of a Pilot-Airplane Lateral Instability Experienced with the X-15 Airplane,” NASA TN-D-1059 (1961).
L.W. Taylor, Jr., and E.J. Adkins, “Adaptive Flight Control Systems—Pro and Con,” NASA TM-X-56008 (1964).
L.W. Taylor, Jr., and G.B. Merrick, “X-15 Airplane Stability Augmentation System,” NASA TN-D-1157 (1962).
L.W. Taylor, Jr., and J.W. Smith, “An Analysis of the Limit-Cycle and Structural-Resonance Characteristics of the X-15 Stability Augmentation System,” NASA TN-D-4287 (1967).
Robert A. Tremant, “Operational Experience and Characteristics of the X-15 Flight Control System,” NASA TN-D-1402 (1962).
Books and Monographs:
Joseph R. Chambers, Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft of the 1990s, SP-2000-4519 (Washington, DC: NASA, 2000).
Richard E. Day, Coupling Dynamics in Aircraft: A Historical Perspective, SP-532 (1997).
Dennis R. Jenkins, X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight, SP-2007-562 (Washington, DC: NASA, 2007).
Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1994).
Milton O. Thompson, At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992).
Milton O. Thompson with J.D. Hunley, Flight Research: Problems Encountered and What They Should Teach Us, SP-2000-4522 (Washington, DC: NASA, 2000).