The Personal Aircraft

Download or read book The Personal Aircraft written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paper summarizes the status of personal air transportation with emphasis upon VTOL and converticar capability. The former obviates the need for airport operations for personal aircraft whereas the latter provides both ground and air capability in the same vehicle. Fully automatic operation, ATC and navigation is stressed along with consideration of acoustic, environmental and cost issues. Anders, Scott G. and Asbury, Scott C. and Brentner, Kenneth S. and Bushnell, Dennis M. and Glass, Christopher E. and Hodges, William T. and Morris, Shelby J., Jr. and Scott, Michael A. Langley Research Center AIR NAVIGATION; AIR TRANSPORTATION; COST ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT; HELICOPTERS; HISTORIES; SAFETY FACTORS; VERTICAL TAKEOFF AIRCRAFT; ACOUSTIC EMISSION; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AUTOMATIC CONTROL; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NOISE POLLUTION; NOISE PREDICTION (AIRCRAFT)...