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Recent progress in V/STOL technology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Leonard Roberts  and
Wallace H. Deckert
Leonard Roberts
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California Stanford University, Stanford, California
Wallace H. Deckert
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
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It is a privilege and a pleasure to have this opportunity to talk to you about progress in vertical and short take-off and landing (V/STOL) aircraft technology. I must admit at the outset to some trepidation in accepting the invitation of the Society to speak on a subject that was successfully pioneered in the United Kingdom and brought to its current operational state largely because of the enduring faith of the Harrier team. However, I hope that the more modest progress that has been made on a variety of STOL and VTOL concepts will also be of interest to you; at the very least, this talk will identify some of the blind alleys to be avoided and, with a little luck, point out some new directions for future research. I will confine myself largely to the V/STOL technology with which I have been involved over the 1970–1980 period at Ames Research Center.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 86 , Issue 858 , October 1982 , pp. 294 - 305
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1982 

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