APPROACH GUIDANCE TO CIRCULAR FLIGHT PATHS

A novel technique for guiding an aircraft from a distant point to a given circular orbit over a fixed ground area is presented. The avionic system required to perform this guidance would consist of a sensor which tracks a ground reference point to give pointing data in aircraft coordinates, and vertical and directional gyros to give bank and heading information.

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  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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• Authors:
  • Kishi, F H
  • Pfeffer, I
• Publication Date: 1971-2

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Aircraft
  • Publisher: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • ISSN: 0021-8669
  • Serial URL: https://arc.aiaa.org/journal/ja

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Flight paths
• Non-Preferred Terms: Turning (Aircraft pilotage)
• Old TRIS Terms: Turning flight
• Subject Areas: Aviation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073415
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: Vol 8 No 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM