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Recommended Additional Readings

Reports, Papers, Articles, and Presentations:

“All-Electric Aircraft Research Speeds Up,” Aerospace America, Jan. 2009.

B.R. Ashworth and William M. Kahlbaum, Jr., “Description and Performance of the Langley Differential Maneuvering Simulator,” NASA TN-D-7304 (June 1973).

“Automatic Flight Control System Sought,” Aviation Week, Aug. 6, 1956.

Jennifer L. Baer-Riedhart and Robert J. Landy, “Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control-Digital Flight Control, Aircraft Model Identification and Adaptive Engine Control,” NASA TM-86793 (Mar. 1987).

R.E. Bailey, M.F. Schaeffer, R.E. Smith, and J.F. Stewart, “Flight Test Experience With Pilot-Induced-Oscillation Suppression Filters,” NASA TM-86028 (Jan. 1984).

Charles A. Baird and Franklin B. Snyder, with introduction by Lt. Mark Bierele, “Terrain-Aided Altitude Computations on the AFTI/F-16,” Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL, Aug. 1990.

Finley Barfield, Duke Browning, and Judith Probert, “All Terrain Ground Collision Avoidance and Maneuver Terrain Following for Automated Low Level Night Attack,” IEEE AES Systems Magazine, March 1993.

Joseph F. Baugher, “General Dynamics YF-16/CCV,” American Military Aircraft, Mar. 31, 2000.

Jeffrey E. Bauer, Robert Clarke, and John J. Burken, “Flight Test of the X-29A at High Angle of Attack: Flight Dynamics and Controls,” NASA TP-3537 (Feb. 1995).

James Blaylock, Donald Swihart, and William Urshel, “Integration of Advanced Safety Enhancements for F-16 Terrain Following,” AIAA-1987-2906 (1997).

John T. Bosworth and P.C. Stoliker, “The X-31A Quasi-Tailless Flight Test Results,” NASA TP-3624 (1996).

John T. Bosworth and Peggy S. Williams-Hayes, “Flight Test Results from the NF-15B Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) Project with Adaptation to a Simulated Stabilator Failure,” AIAA Paper 2007-2818 (2007).

Frank W. Burcham, Lawrence P. Myers, and Ronald J. Ray, “Predicted Performance Benefits of an Adaptive Digital Engine Control System on an F-15 Airplane,” NASA TM-85916 (Jan. 1985).

Ulrich Butter, “Control, Navigation, Avionics, Cockpit,” Aeronautical Research in Germany (From Lilienthal to Today), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

Dave Canter, “X-31 Post-Stall Envelope Expansion and Tactical Utility Testing,” Fourth High Alpha Conference, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, July 12–14, 1994, NASA CP-10143, vol. 2 (1994).

Robert Clarke, John J. Burken, John T. Bosworth, and Jeffery E. Bauer, “X-29 Flight Control Lessons Learned,” NASA TM-4598 (June 1984).

Gary Creech, “AFTI/F-16 Retires After 22 Years,” The Dryden Express, vol. 43, Issue 2, Feb. 23, 2001.

Gary Creech, “NASA Dryden Neural Network Passes Milestone,” NASA Dryden Press Release, Sept. 3, 2003.

Allan F. Damp, “Evaluation Tests on Boulton-Paul VC-10 Aileron Integrated Flight Control Actuator,” Commercial Division, Boeing Company, Renton, WA, Mar. 10, 1970.

James Darcy, “Successful First Flight for VECTOR X-31 at Pax,” NAS Patuxent River Release 01-040, Feb. 28, 2001.

John C. DeLaat, George W. Gallops, Laura J. Kerr, Robert P. Kielb, John S. Orme, Robert D. Southwick, and Mark G. Walsh, “High Stability Engine Control (HISTEC) Flight Test Results,” NASA TM-1998-208481 (July 1998).

Dwain A. Deets, V. Michael DeAngelis, and David P. Lux, “HiMAT Flight Program: Test Results and Program Assessment Overview,” NASA TM-86725 (June 1986).

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).

E.L. Duke, F.P. Jones, and R.B. Roncoli, “Development of a Flight Test Maneuver Autopilot for a Highly Maneuverable Aircraft,” NASA TP-2218 (1986).

“EADS/Boeing X-31,” Flugrevue Magazine, Dec. 28, 2002.

“Experience with the X-15 Adaptive Flight Control System,” NASA TN-D-6208, NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA (Mar. 1971).

C. Favre, “Fly-by-Wire for Commercial Aircraft: the Airbus Experience,” International Journal of Control, vol. 59, No. 1, 1994.

J.C. Floyd, “The Canadian Approach to All-Weather Interceptor Development, Fourteenth British Commonwealth Lecture,” The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, vol. 62, No. 576, Dec. 1958.

Dennis R. Furman, “USAF Test Pilot School Use of DIGITAC in Systems Testing,” Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Document No. 851827, Oct. 1985.

“General Dynamics and Northrop to Build Lightweight Fighter Prototypes,” Interavia, July 1972.

Glen B. Gilyard and John S. Orme, “Subsonic Flight Test Evaluation of a Performance Seeking Algoritm on an F-15 Airplane,” NASA TM-4400 (Aug. 1992).

Yefim Gordon, “An Industry of Prototypes: Sukhoi T-4, Russia’s Mach 3 Bomber,” Wings of Fame, vol. 9, Aerospace Publishing Limited, London (1997).

Al Groves, Fred Knox, Rogers Smith, and Jim Wisneski, “X-31 Flight Test Update,” 37th Symposium Proceedings, Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP), Lancaster, CA, 1993.

R. Guyton and F. Luria, “Flight Testing of Pneumatic Forebody Vortex Control on the X-29 Technology Demonstrator,” Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) No. 922008, Oct. 1992.

Don Haley, “Ice Cause of X-31 Crash,” NASA Press Release 5-203, Dryden Flight Research Center, Nov. 7, 1995.

Richard P. Hallion, “The Air Force and the Supersonic Breakthrough,” Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment, Air Force History and Museums Program, Washington (1997).

H.J. Hillaker, “The F-16: A Technology Demonstrator, a Prototype, and a Flight Demonstrator,” Proceedings of AIAA Aircraft Prototype and Technology Demonstrator Symposium, AIAA, New York, 1983.

J.K.B. Illingworth and H.W. Chinn, “Variable Stability and Control Tests on the S.C.1 Aircraft in Jet-Borne Flight, with Particular Emphasis on Reference to Desirable VTOL Flying Qualities,” Royal Aircraft Establishment, Bedford, UK, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London, 1969.

Cory Ippolito, John Kaneshige, and Yoo-Hsiu Yeh, “Neural Adaptive Flight Control Testing on an Unmanned Experimental Aerial Vehicle,” AIAA Paper 2007-2827, 2007.

Stephen D. Ishmael, Dale A. Mackall, and Victoria A. Regenie, “Design Implications From AFTI/F-16 Flight Test,” NASA TM-86026, 1984.

Stephen D. Ishmael and Donald R. McMonagle, “AFTI/F-16 Flight Test Results and Lessons,” NASA TM-84920 (Oct. 1983).

Gavin D. Jenny, “JB-47E Fly-By-Wire Flight Test Program (Phase I),” AFFDL TR-69-40, Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Sept. 1969.

Robert W. Kempel, “Flight Experience with a Backup Flight Control System for the HiMAT Research Vehicle,” AIAA Paper 82-1541 (Aug. 1982).

Robert W. Kempel and Michael R. Earls, “Flight Control Systems Development and Flight Test Experience with the HiMAT Research Vehicles,” NASA TP-2822 (June 1988).

Brian W. Kowal, Carl J. Scherz, and Richard Quinliven, “C-17 Flight Control System Overview,” IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, July 1992.

D. Lean and H.W. Chinn, “Review of General Operating Experience with a Jet-Lift VTOL Research Aircraft (Short S.C.1),” Aeronautical Research Council Current Paper No. 832, Her Majesty’s Stationary Office, London (1965).

Robert E. Lemble, “DIGITAC—A Unique Digital Flight Control Testbed Aircraft,” AIAA-1990-1288, SFTE, DGLR, and SETP Biannual Flight Test Conference, 5th, Ontario, CA, May 22–24, 1990.

Jay Levine, “X-31’s loss,” Dryden Flight Research Center X-Press, Jan. 2004.

Dale A. Mackall, “AFTI/F-16 Digital Flight Control System Experience,” in Gary P. Beasley, ed., NASA Aircraft Controls Research 1983, pp. 469–487, NASA CP-2296, 1984; Proceedings of Workshop Held at NASA Langley Research Center, Oct. 25–27, 1983.

Dale A. Mackall, “Development and Flight Test Experiences with a Flight-Crucial Digital Control System,” NASA TP-2857 (Nov. 1988).

D.L. Martin and D. Gangsaas, “Testing the YC-14 Flight Control System Software,” AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control, July–Aug. 1978.

Duane McRuer and Dunstan Graham, “A Flight Control Century: Triumphs of the Systems Approach,” Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 161–173, AIAA, 2003.

L.K. Myers, D.A. Mackall, and F.W. Burcham, Jr., “Flight Test Results of a Digital Electronic Engine Control System in an F-15 Airplane,” AIAA Paper 82-1080 (June 1982).

Robert Navarro, “Performance of an Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator on the F-18 Systems Research Aircraft,” NASA TM-97-206224 (1997).

Molly Neal, “VC10: Vickers-Armstrongs’ Long-range Airliner,” Flight International, May 10, 1962.

William Palmer, “Submarine Fly-by-Wire Ship Control System Certification Program Leverages Aviation Industry Best Practice,” Wavelengths Online, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Oct. 1, 2004.

M.G. Perhinschi, J. Burken, M.R. Napolitano, G. Campa, and M.L. Fravolini, “Performance Comparison of Different Neural Augmentation for the NASA Gen – 2 IFCS F-15 Control Laws,” Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2004.

Terrill W. Putnam, “X-29 Flight-Research Program,” NASA TM-86025 (Jan. 1984).

“RAE Electric Hunter,” Flight International, June 28, 1973.

James W. Ramsey, “Power-by-Wire,” Avionics Magazine, May 1, 2001.

H.A. Rediess and E.C. Buckley, “Technology Review of Flight Crucial Flight Control Systems (Application of Optical Technology),” NASA CR-172332 (Supplement 1), Sept. 1984.

John Rushby, “Formal Methods and the Certification of Critical Systems,” SRI-CSL-93-07, SRI International, Nov. 1993.

John Rushby, “Formal Methods and the Digital Systems Validation for Airborne Systems,” NASA CR-4551 (Dec. 1, 1993).

Karl Schwartz, “Successful ESTOL Landings with the X-31A,” Flugreview, July 2003.

Katsuhei Shibata and Hideaki Ohmiya, “The T-2 Control Configured Vehicle Development, Integration and Flight Test,” AIAA-1988-3882, published in Technical Papers, Part 1 (A89-18051 05-06) AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference, San Jose, CA, Oct. 17–20, 1988.

S.A. Sjoberg, “Some Experience With Side Controllers,” Research Airplane Committee Report on the Progress of the X-15 Project, Conference held at NACA Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, VA, Oct. 25–26, 1956.

Patrick C. Stoliker and John T. Bosworth, “Evaluation of High-Angle-of-Attack Handling Qualities for the X-31A Using Standard Evaluation Maneuvers,” NASA TM-104322 (1996).

Joe Stout, “What a Wonderful Airplane: YF-16 First Flight,” Code One Magazine, July 1992.

Kenneth J. Szalai, Calvin R. Jarvis, Gary E. Krier, Vincent A. Megna, Larry D. Brock, and Robert N. O’Donnell, “Digital Fly-by-Wire Flight Control Validation Experience,” NASA TM-72860 (Dec. 1978).

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).

James E. Tomayko, “Blind Faith: The United States Air Force and the Development of Fly-By-Wire Technology,” Technology and the Air Force: A Retrospective Assessment, Air Force History and Museums Program, Washington, DC, 1997.

Robert A. Tremant, “Operational Experience and Characteristics of the X-15 Flight Control System,” NASA TN-D-1402 (1962).

Robert B. Voas, “Manned Control of Mercury Spacecraft,” Astronautics, vol. 7, No. 3, Mar. 1962.

Kyrill Von Gersdorff, “Transfer of German Aeronautical Knowledge After 1945,” Aeronautical Research in Germany (From Lilienthal to Today), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.

Norman C. Weingarten, “History of In-Flight Simulation & Flying Qualities Research at CALSPAN,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, vol. 42, No. 2, Mar./Apr. 2005.

M.J. Wendle, G.G. Grose, J.L. Porter, and V.R. Pruitt, Flight/Propulsion Control Integration Aspects of Energy Management, SAE Paper Number 740480, 1974.

Peggy S. Williams-Hayes, “Flight Test Implementation of a Second Generation Intelligent Flight Control System,” NASA TM-2005-213669, Nov. 2005.

J.R. Wilson, “X-31 Finds a Shorter Path to Success,” Aerospace America, Aug. 2003.

B.S. Wolfe, “The Concorde Automatic Flight Control System: A Description of the Automatic Flight Control System for the Anglo-French Supersonic Transport and its Development to Date,” Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 39, Issue 5, 1967.

“X-31 VECTOR Program Phase I Begins,” NASA Dryden Press Release 98-09, Mar. 9, 1998.

Michael L. Yaffee, “Survivable Controls Gain Emphasis,” Aviation Week, Feb. 2, 1970.

C.J. Yeo, “The Fly-by-Wire Jaguar,” Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) 27th Symposium Proceedings, Beverly Hills, CA, Sept. 28–Oct. 1, 1983.

Books and Monographs:

David C. Aronstein, Michael J. Hirschberg and Albert C. Piccirillo, Advanced Tactical Fighter to F-22 Raptor, (Reston: AIAA, 1998).

David C. Aronstein and Albert C. Piccirillo, Have Blue and the F-117A, Evolution of the Stealth Fighter, (Reston: AIAA, 1997).

David C. Aronstein and Albert C. Piccirillo, The Lightweight Fighter Program: A Successful Approach to Fighter Technology Transition, (Reston: AIAA, 1996).

Robert E. Ball, The Fundamentals of Aircraft Combat Survivability Analysis and Design, (New York: AIAA, 1985).

Paul F. Borchers, James A. Franklin, and Jay W. Fletcher, Flight Research at Ames, 1940–1997: Fifty Seven Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology, NASA SP-3300 (Washington: NASA, 1998).

Joseph R. Chambers, Partners in Freedom: Contributions of the Langley Research Center to U.S. Military Aircraft of the 1990s, SP-2000-4519 (Washington: NASA, 2000).

C. Droste and J. Walker, The General Dynamics Case Study on the F-16 Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System, (New York: AIAA, undated).

Richard P. Hallion, On the Frontier: Flight Research at Dryden, 1946–1981, SP-4303, (Washington: NASA, 1984).

E.H. Herschel, H. Prem, and G. Madelung, Aeronautical Research in Germany (From Lilienthal to Today), (Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2004).

Dennis R. Jenkins, X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight, SP-2007-562 (Washington: NASA, 2007).

Gavin D. Jenny, James W. Morris, and Vernon R. Schmitt, Fly-by-Wire, A Historical and Design Perspective, (Warrendale: SAE, 1998).

Lawrence K. Loftin, Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft, Part II: The Jet Age, Chapter 12: Jet Bomber and Attack Aircraft, NASA SP-468 (Washington: NASA, 1985).

Donald L. Mallick, with Peter W. Merlin, The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot’s Odyssey, NASA SP-4108 (Washington: NASA, 2003).

NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, Formal Methods Specification and Verification Guidebook for Software and Computer Systems, Volume I: Planning and Technology Insertion,” P-98-208193, (Washington: NASA, 1998).

NASA Office of Safety and Mission Assurance, Formal Methods Specification and Analysis Guidebook for the Verification of Software and Computer Systems, Volume II: A Practitioner’s Companion, NASA GB-001-97, (Washington: NASA, 1997).

Michael J. Neufeld, The Rocket and the Reich; Peenemünde and the Coming of the Ballistic Missile Era (Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1995).

Albert C. Piccirillo, German V/STOL Fighter Program, (Reston: AIAA, 1997).

Rowland F. Pocock, German Guided Missiles of the Second World War, (New York: Arco publishing company, 1967)

Ray Sturtivant, British Research and Development Aircraft: Seventy Years at the Leading Edge, (UK: Haynes/Foulis, 1990).

James E. Tomayko, Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA’s Pioneering Digital Fly-by Wire Project, NASA SP-2000-4224 (Washington: NASA, 2000).

James E. Tomayko, The Story of Self-Repairing Flight Control Systems, Dryden Historical Study No.1, Christian Gelzer, ed., (Washington: NASA, 2003).