Touchdown: The Development of Propulsion Controlled Aircraft at NASA Dryden. Monograph in Aerospace History

Book Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Preface......Page 6
Figure 1. Photo of Bill Burcham's PCA Napkin......Page 7
Figure 2. Photo of the F-15......Page 8
Figure 3. Graphic of a typical Phugoid scale......Page 9
Figure 4. Diagram of a Dutch  roll......Page 10
Figure 5. An early acronym......Page 11
Figure 6. Photo of the Dryden F-15 simulator......Page 12
Figure 7. Dyrden Director Ken Szalai's note to Bill Burcham......Page 15
Figure 8. Photo of Al Haynes in the boeing 720 simulator......Page 19
Figure 9. Photo of Gordon Fullerton and the two "brutes" in the F-15......Page 21
Figure 10. Three view drawing of an F-15 airplane......Page 22
Figure 11. Diagram......Page 23
Figure 12. Photo of Bill Burcham and Trindel Maine......Page 24
Figure 13. Features drawing of the PCA system......Page 25
Figure 14. Photo of Gordon Fullerton climbing aboard the F-15......Page 26
Figure 15. Photo of Gordon Fullerton and Bill Burcham next to the F-15 aircraft......Page 27
Figure 16. Three-view drawing......Page 28
Figure 18. Photo of the MD-11 touching down for the first time......Page 32
Figure 19. Photo of Research pilot Gordon Fullerton and others emerging from the MD-11......Page 33
Figure 20. Diagram......Page 35
Figure 21. Photo of Gordon Fullerton in the Boeing 747 simulator......Page 38
Figure 22. Photo of Bill Burcham’s Ultralite napkin......Page 39
Appendices......Page 41
Appendix A:  Aircraft Accident Report......Page 42
Appendix B: Flight Simulator Studies......Page 44
Appendix C: National Transportation Safety Board Recommendation......Page 45
Appendix D: Guest Pilot Comments......Page 46
Appendix E: PCA System Landing......Page 52
Appendix F: Summary of Guest Pilot Comments......Page 53
Appendix G: Awards and Honors......Page 56
Index......Page 57
Monographs in Aerospace History......Page 60