specific to fixed-wing aircraft, but also extends to rotary aircraft such as helicopters, and dirigibles, where the flight dynamics involved in establishing...

changes in the aerodynamic forces and moments applied to the aircraft. Spacecraft flight dynamics involve three main forces: propulsive (rocket engine), gravitational...

The General Dynamics X-62 VISTA ("Variable Stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft") is an experimental aircraft, derived from the F-16D Fighting Falcon...

The General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark is a research aircraft modified from a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark to test a Boeing-built supercritical...

explained in flight dynamics. This article centers on the operating mechanisms of the flight controls. The basic system in use on aircraft first appeared...

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the...

the design of an ever-evolving line of high-performance aircraft. Computational fluid dynamics began as an effort to solve for flow properties around complex...

dynamic stability of an aircraft refers to how the aircraft behaves after it has been disturbed following steady non-oscillating flight. Oscillating motions...

William Tyrrell Thomson, Introduction to Space Dynamics, Dover 1986. p. 91. "C-9B Flight Trajectory". Jsc-aircraft-ops.jsc.nasa.gov. 2009-03-17. Archived from...

BTO and BFO calculations together with the aircraft flight dynamics, such as possible and probable aircraft speeds, altitudes, and autopilot modes. Two...

the USAF Flight Dynamics Laboratory's Control-Configured Vehicle (CCV) testbed. The CCV concept entails "decoupling" the aircraft's flight control surfaces...

Both aircraft were fully retired in 2009 and stored at Edwards Air Force Base. Shortly after winning the lightweight fighter program, General Dynamics Fort...

The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production models of the F-111 had roles that included...

CF-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft, a license-built version of the Lockheed F-104. In 1976, General Dynamics sold Canadair to the Canadian Government...

The General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B was a long-range carrier-based interceptor aircraft planned as a follow-on to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II...

modes, an aspect of dynamic stability and control in the field of aircraft flight dynamics Lateral pass, a non-advancing move in gridiron football Lateral...

Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design Fluid dynamics or hydrodynamics, the study of fluid flow Computational fluid dynamics,...

the merger of Consolidated Aircraft and Vultee Aircraft. In 1953, it was purchased by General Dynamics, and operated as their Convair Division for most...

weather reconnaissance, experimental aircraft testing, and nap-of-the-earth flight with the A-10 Warthog. New aircraft types include gliders, airships, and...

The General Dynamics F-111K was a planned variant of the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and tactical strike aircraft by General...

The General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas. It was to be...

The General Dynamics F-111C (nicknamed the "Pig") is a variant of the F-111 Aardvark medium-range interdictor and tactical strike aircraft, developed by...

The General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven is a retired electronic-warfare aircraft designed to replace the EB-66 Destroyer in the United States Air Force...

supersonic aircraft is an aircraft capable of supersonic flight, that is, flying faster than the speed of sound (Mach 1). Supersonic aircraft were developed...

Aircraft flight mechanics are relevant to fixed wing (gliders, aeroplanes) and rotary wing (helicopters) aircraft. An aeroplane (airplane in US usage)...

747® Jet Aircraft. Levine, W.S., “The Control Handbook”, CRC Press, 23 Feb 1996, Pg. 963. Schmidt, L.V., “Introduction to Aircraft Flight Dynamics”, AIAA...

Steady flight, unaccelerated flight, or equilibrium flight is a special case in flight dynamics where the aircraft's linear and angular velocity are constant...

usually to add haulage power over a short distance Bank or roll, in aircraft flight dynamics, a rotation of the vehicle about its longitudinal axis Banked turn...

ducted fan unmanned aerial vehicle that is being developed by American Dynamics Flight Systems as a future competitor for the United States Marine Corps'...

single prototype produced by their company Rotor Flight Dynamics of Wimauma, Florida. The aircraft was intended as a proof-of-concept for evaluation...