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Facility are tracking its progress in

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two days the orbiter will re-enter

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it'll perform an intricate series of

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slowing maneuvers and glide to a

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successful landing at Edwards Air Force

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but appears down altitude 300 feet just

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and the main gear down

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does your secure a touchdown and

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emission lap time of six days 56 minutes

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4 seconds nose gear down in six days 56

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minutes 16 seconds Edwards is the home

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of NASA's Ames Dryden Flight Research

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Facility the nerve center of three sites

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supporting a highly evolved technology

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network called the Western aeronautical

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test range the range is a key facility

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in NASA's aeronautical and space

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research and a major national resource

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its development is a critical

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achievement in flight testing today's

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experimental aircraft the range

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furnished precision monitoring for the

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orbiter during its crucial end of

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mission maneuvers and helped it guide

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the ship to a safe landing the first

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sonic boom was heard at Dryden on

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october fourteenth 1947 when Chuck

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Yeager flew the x1 experimental rocket

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powered airplane through the sound

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barrier facilities and equipment for

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air-to-ground monitoring of test flights

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were primitive flight research results

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depended mainly on air-to-air chase

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observations and recording data on board

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for later examination in 1959 NASA began

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testing the x-15 rocket plane this air

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launched highly experimental test

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vehicle reached altitudes far outside

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the atmosphere and flew at unprecedented

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speeds no chase plane could keep up with

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it testing the x-15 absolutely depended

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on immediate sophisticated air-to-ground

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communications tracking and data

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acquisition unlike previous research

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aircraft the x-15 with its high energy

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management requirements demanded

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communication to accomplish its mission

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to test the x-15 Dryden engineers

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developed a complex system for flight

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monitoring a system that went far beyond

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anything yet known they called it the

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x-15 high range the range allowed

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researchers on the ground to try

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the x-15 throughout its entire mission

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monitor its data during quite and

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enabled investigators to deal with data

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in real time during experimental flights

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and change plans during flight this

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greatly increased each missions

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effectiveness and save time and program

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costs it also made flight testing safer

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Dryden engineering teams set up remote

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sites at Ely and beatty nevada to

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accommodate the great speeds of the x-15

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for testing high speed long-range

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perimeters of the high range the Western

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aeronautical test range of today is the

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high range grown up a working

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communications tracking equipment

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computers and electronic display systems

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the result of creative engineering

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proven by continuous application these

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systems provide the laboratory needed to

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test today's high performance air and

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spacecraft the Mission Control Center is

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the focal point of the range this is

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where everything comes together here

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supremely advanced systems such as the

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master graphics interactive console or

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magic display give researchers a unique

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edge in flight testing magic is an

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interactive high-resolution easy-to-use

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tool which allows investigators to see

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your ol time history and cross plots on

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changing parameters during flight thus

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information yield here the real-time

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interactive map or rim is helping

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advance Flight Research this is an

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intelligent graphic workstation that

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instantly shows an aircraft's flight

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location rim tracks displays and

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functions done previously with pen and

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paper it immediately projects flight

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paths on command allows the controller

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perspective by zooming in on areas of

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interest and warns the flight controller

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restricted area rim reduces workload on

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the host computer which is free to

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perform other critical mission related

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tasks more efficiently the f-18 high

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alpha spin display demonstrates how

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innovative graphics systems can be

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tailored to meet requirements of a

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specific program this presentation

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details precisely and in real-time such

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critical information as yaw rate

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such advanced systems greatly simplify

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the work of the range control officer

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whose job it is to determine how well

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the range is operating they vastly

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increased findings of the principal

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investigator and his team during a

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mission and the quantity and quality of

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work achieved by the flight controller

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who coordinates the test aircraft chase

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plane and control tower they enhance

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flight safety monitoring and the

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capabilities of the aircraft operations

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director and flight safety officer the

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output of all mission control systems

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depends on data drawn in real time from

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all other elements of the range the

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processing and display systems Dryden

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telemetry for command uplink and

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these stations are the acquisition

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points for all research data from air

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communications building provides the

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radiofrequency link which allows

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aircraft and spacecraft to talk to

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communication between pilots and

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engineers in all of emissions

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participating aircraft and backup

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the telemetry processing room houses

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many of the ranges real-time processing

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and display systems today's high

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performance test aircraft produce such

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huge quantities of data that human

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begin to interpret and use them during a

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mission these systems rely on computers

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for quick real-time processing and

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conversion of raw data into real time

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information that researchers and pilots

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can respond to during a flight the

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real-time processing and display systems

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generate organized results on control

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a vital part of today's Western

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aeronautical test range is the Moffett

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flight complex in Northern California

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based at Ames Research Center on Naval

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Air Station Moffett Field this is one of

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the country's prime test sites for

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powered lift and rotorcraft vehicles a

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new satellite link the nasscom

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generally shortened tune is done and a

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process called time division multiple

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access allow Moffett and Dryden each to

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monitor flights at the others facility

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the area surrounding Moffett Field has

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grown increasingly congested researchers

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altitude tests at crows landing in the

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San Joaquin Valley while crows landing

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tests much of the real-time monitoring

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Moffett Field range versatility is

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sophisticated new research projects are

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demanding new case

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abilities of the range there is a

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aircraft at remote locations engineers

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the mobile research flight test support

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capability generally known as the

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system created for total adaptability

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the mobile system can go virtually

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anywhere and get to work immediately on

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arrival its air ride suspension protects

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fighter technology integration f-16 in

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tests at Nellis Air Force Base proved

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completely successful and demonstrated

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and display and communications with the

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an outstanding example of resourceful

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design the fully equipped trailer can

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perform all of the functions normally

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hundred cubic feet can store the

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six-foot telemetry antenna during moves

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expandable 18-foot sections on either

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side of the computer banks open to

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provide 630 additional cubic feet of

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space highly compact computer banks

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receive store and process data for the

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trailers major components telemetry

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communications real-time and post

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mission processing display and strip

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charts and a full remotely piloted

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research vehicle cockpit which permits

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remote operation of an unmanned aircraft

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the trailer can operate independently or

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people can handle operations and

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supports the deployed directional

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antenna which accommodates both tracking

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and communications the antenna can

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bands when the trailer reaches its full

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capability the system will include a

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mobile earth station radar system and

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heavily dependent on the range and the

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rotor air loads program this project is

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encountered during flight researchers

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points on the blades all of these

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control and a tape recorder on board

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this place is enormous demands on range

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with the Harrier this remarkable

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aircraft flies successfully both as a

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vertical takeoff vehicle and as a

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high-performance fighter investigators

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are using it to explore flight dynamics

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propulsion controls and display for

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short and vertical takeoff and landing

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vehicles they expect these tests to

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result in advanced design concepts for

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aircraft of the future Harrier flights

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generate a great amount of information

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and rely heavily on range data

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acquisition facility the range has been

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indispensable in supporting this

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uniquely versatile aircraft called the

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tiltrotor the cells mounted on its wings

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tilt upward to make it fly like a

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helicopter or 90 degrees forward

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allowing it to fly like an airplane with

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the tiltrotor ames research has produced

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an extremely successful working aircraft

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from which the marine corps production

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tiltrotor v-22 was derived Dryden is

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where aims tests high-performance

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airplanes clean dry desert air and

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sparsely populated terrain make this

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location ideal for researching

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high-speed jet and rocket-powered

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aircraft

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the f18 high alpha research vehicle is

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pushing high-performance to

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unprecedented extremes using a modified

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pre-production f-18 is testbed this

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program is working to improve fighter

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performance at high angles of attack

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this is possible only if engineers learn

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precisely how air vortices flow during

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high angle maneuvers both on and off the

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airplane surface to study on surface

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flows investigators released colored dye

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during specific maneuvers over areas of

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interest such as the nose and wing and

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photograph the resulting patterns this

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information also is down linked in real

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time for immediate assessment off

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surface flows show up clearly when an

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onboard generator in its smoke over the

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f-18s leading-edge extension a video

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camera in a nearby chase plane and

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another inside the f-18 showing precise

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vortex closed the airplane carries a

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total of four strategically placed on

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board video cameras this program is

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completely dependent on the range during

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test flights the f-18 down links to

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video signals and two streams of

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telemetry data it depends on the ranges

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command uplink capability for trajectory

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guidance the program specific high alpha

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spin display is critical to carrying out

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F 18 missions since it defines emergency

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recovery procedures for any loss of

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control situation that might occur the

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f-15 places enormous real-time

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computation and display demands on the

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range because its engine is heavily

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loaded with instrumentation researchers

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are using the f-15 to develop methods

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for reducing pilot workload if they can

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create systems that take over basic

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operating tasks pilots will be freed for

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other critical activities such as

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responding to threats or setting up

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weapons systems the program team is

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working on developing a trajectory

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guidance system a computer which they

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have mounted in the airplanes ammunition

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bay calculates airspeed and altitude

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with no assistance from the pilot

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aircraft and engine command then can be

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supplied either to the pilot through the

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heads-up display or directly to the

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aircraft in

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automatic mode this technology

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significantly reduces pilot workload the

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range with its magic and rim displays is

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uniquely equipped to support this

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program these advanced interactive

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displays allow f15 team members to view

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in real time the airplanes trajectory

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three miles behind and seven ahead of

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its present position at the same time

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they also can watch the aircraft's round

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track with reference to restricted areas

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and monitor processed parameters

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critical to the flight should any fault

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or failure occur on board these displays

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will flag it immediately the advanced

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fighter technology integration called

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fdf 16 is another demanding program that

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puts extremely heavy loads on the range

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FD is a joint NASA Air Force program the

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aircraft a highly modified version of

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the f-16 Fighting Falcon has been

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expanding the limits of flight since

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1981 equipped with a unique set of

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computer driven control surfaces the

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afty can execute maneuvers impossible

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with any other aircraft after his total

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dependence on computers and

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experimentation with flight modes never

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before attempted make the range a

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crucial part of testing this airplane a

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heads-up display which superimposes

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critical flight data over the cockpit

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window allows the pilot to monitor

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instrumentation readings without looking

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away from the flight path range tracking

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facilities simultaneously feed this

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picture to researchers in the control

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room allowing them to monitor in

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real-time what the pilot is seeing

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currently the f-16 working to improve

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close air support in Europe is checking

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technologies such as automated attack

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digital map systems for poor weather and

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night flying and target acquisition from

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ground control this testing utilizing

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computer-based artificial intelligence

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uses great amounts of data and requires

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the capacity to profit from in-flight

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Corrections and change the test agenda

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the range gives afty critical support

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which is not available anywhere else

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it's systems during flight offer more

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processed data in easily used form

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rim figures importantly by letting

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flight controllers reprogram for

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restricted altitudes fd's multiple

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program requirements and exacting test

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schedule demand optimal return from test

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flights and the range makes this

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possible effectively and safely some of

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the flight experimentation performed at

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Dryden has been so hazardous that

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researchers ruled out the use of onboard

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pilots for these high-risk programs they

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developed remotely piloted research

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vehicles called RP RVs the spin research

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vehicle was a characteristic RP RV it

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was carried aloft under the wing of a

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b-52 then air-launched typical of all

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air-launched vehicles RP RVs require

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precise coordination of carrier test

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aircraft and chase plane they consume

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enormous quantities of range support

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pilots fly remotely piloted research

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vehicles from cockpits on the ground

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depending completely on telemetry

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provided by the range to receive sensory

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information from and send commands to

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the airplane the ranges advanced antenna

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systems supply the primary command

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uplink to all of the RP RVs the

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complexity of flight maneuvers

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accommodated by this impressive system

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was demonstrated dramatically in the

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testing of hi Matt short for highly

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maneuverable aircraft technology hi Matt

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was one of Dryden's most spectacular RP

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RVs at about 3,400 pounds and less than

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half the size of an average fighter it

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allowed testing of a highly experimental

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configuration at considerably less cost

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than would have been the case with a man

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rated vehicle hi Matt was designed to be

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more maneuverable than any existing

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fighter and made turns pulling up to

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eight and a half times the force of

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Earth's gravity such maneuvers would

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cause extreme discomfort to even an

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the range antenna systems with their

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enormous capacity enabled the pilot to

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perform even the most complicated

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maneuvers from his ground cockpit its

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small size and quick movements made hi

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Mac very hard to track with conventional

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chase aircraft range tracking telemetry

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and command uplink made these flights

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possible the most dramatic use of

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command uplink was the full-scale

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transport controlled impact

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demonstration our prv called Sid for

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short Dryden conducted the SID

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experiment in cooperation with the FAA

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and NASA Langley to test the

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effectiveness of crashworthy advances

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including an eddy misting fuel designed

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to reduce damage from fire following a

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crash researchers instrumented this old

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be 720 passenger jet liner to be flown

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as a remotely piloted vehicle pilot Fitz

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Fulton worked for months in the ground

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cockpit and in the plane itself with

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range support to prepare the jet liners

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remotely controlled systems for its

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flight final impact during the crash

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while best known for carrying out

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research on high-performance aircraft

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bryden's range has supported a wide

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variety of test aircraft such as the

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gossamer albatross which was peddled

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somewhat like a bicycle the light eagle

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another human powered experimental

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airplane one for records during its

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range supported flight tests this

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aircraft was a Massachusetts Institute

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of Technology student project the idea

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came from Greek mythology accounts of

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Daedalus effort to build wings for human

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flight the eagle served as a prototype

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for the aircraft Daedalus which flew the

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74 mile distance from Crete to Santorini

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in a record-setting three hours 55

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minutes Dryden engineers supported the

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eagle flight tests with long-range

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optics and a video van to support

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development of the space shuttle Dryden

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researchers built and tested a series of

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wingless aircraft called lifting bodies

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the X 24 b was one of these aircraft

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they drew their lift entirely from their

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body shapes which acted like the wings

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of conventional airplanes the X 24 b was

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rocket-powered so we could reach speeds

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and altitudes similar to those

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encountered by the shuttle when it

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approaches to land the lifting bodies

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depended on range support for energy

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management and guidance to the landing

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site the uniquely configured x 29 a

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forward swept wing is entirely dependent

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on the range to conduct its flight tests

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this high-performance research aircraft

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maneuvers at very high speeds at the

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same time it requires constant computer

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adjustment and correction to position

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its exotic flight control surfaces

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the x29 set a whole new baseline for the

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range in real-time data processing and

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display range engineers answered the x29

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program demands by developing the

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necessary capabilities in just four

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months in the process they created

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facsimile zuv cockpit status panels on

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control room monitors they established a

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real-time satellite link between the

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Dryden range control room and the

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contractors home base in New York and

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they developed the capacity to deliver

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more than 4 million processed words per

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minute the control room display monitors

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and strip chart recorders on both sides

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of the continent in real-time the

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historic why f12 also was a completely

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range dependent test plane this

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high-performance vehicle flew so fast

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and so high that no other airplane could

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stay with it in a matter of moments it

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covered so much territory the Dryden had

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to maintain an extended range in order

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to test it as with the x-15 the EV and

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Beatty test sites in Nevada became range

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boundaries for YF 12 experiments

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officially clocked at two thousand two

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miles per hour the YF 12 with its air

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breathing engines was the prototype for

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hypersonic planes of the future the

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National aerospace plane or NASP will be

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such a hypersonic plane and much more

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this is the next generation air and

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spacecraft NASP will take off

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horizontally like an ordinary airplane

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accelerate to escape velocity leave the

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atmosphere and fly in low Earth orbit

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it'll re-enter the atmosphere and make a

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powered horizontal landing again like an

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ordinary airplane currently in the

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design phase this joint NASA air force

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research craft is targeted to make its

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first flight in 1994 NASP will take off

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and land at Edwards Air Force Base as

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the program progresses the plane will

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cover the continental United States in

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minutes during flights in the atmosphere

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range Mission Control will encompass

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every contiguous state when NASP begins

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orbital flights range scope will become

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world

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I'd telemetry will interface with NASA's

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tracking and data relay satellite system

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NASP test flights may require multiple

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fully equipped mobile trailers

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positioned at strategic locations range

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controllers and researchers will need to

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know where the plane is every moment in

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terms of latitude longitude and altitude

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at NASP speeds this will be a major

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accomplishment researchers will need

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ground computer processed

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instrumentation data during flights this

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will place extraordinary demands on

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range acquisition and processing getting

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ready for next generation test planes is

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a major challenge for Range engineers

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they're meeting it by developing

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next-generation equipment and support

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systems a prime example is the automated

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flight test management system or a TMS

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this is a highly advanced knowledge

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based system being developed to assist

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researchers plan and conduct flight test

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missions and make necessary changes in

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real time a flight engineer enters test

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parameters and aircraft performance

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characteristics and a TMS provides an

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ordered set of flight test points a TMS

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designers are experimenting with

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artificial intelligence to direct flight

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control programs they anticipate big

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benefits for programs requiring the

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ability to record small changes in

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aircraft parameters during repeated

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maneuvers from its earliest days the

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Western aeronautical test range has

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played a key role in advancing the

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latest concepts in air and spacecraft

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the best aeronautical engineers have

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used its facilities to maximize their

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research Milt Thompson is the chief

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engineer at Ames Dryden Thomson was a

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test pilot on both the history-making

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x-15 and lifting body aircraft he had a

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major part in creating the tradition of

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excellence here he's among the few

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people qualified to give firsthand

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perspective on the development of

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today's aeronautics and the direction of

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tomorrow's research key programs that

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kind of defined the range were the x-15

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and subsequent to that the YF 12 that

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had an extremely long range requiring

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tracking communications and data relay

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the NASA program will provide the next

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challenge for the range and of course

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will be an extremely high speed vehicle

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potentially going on into orbit and it

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will cover an awful lot of distance in

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its test program and during say an

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acceleration up to orbital speeds and it

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will require almost a worldwide

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capability worldwide tracking capability

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to follow the vehicle in its development

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program any other program other than

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NASA that involves extremely high speeds

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will be candidates also for good

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utilization of the high range for

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example any scramjet or ram jet

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propulsion test programs there again the

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speeds will be high and it will require

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the support of a range such as what we

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currently have these become essential as

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I indicated for safety to ensure that we

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know where the vehicle is and are able

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to guide the vehicle back to a

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successful landing the range has been an

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essential part of the development of the

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high-speed aircraft without the range I

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you have to have this tracking

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capability and the data transmission

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capability to really do a development

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program on these higher speed vehicles

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in my opinion there is just no question

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that we have an unsurpassed capability

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as far as being able to handle

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aeronautical research programs within

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this country and very likely within the

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world building on its basic capabilities

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television downlink including heads-up

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display guidance and control uplink

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worldwide tracking network ties and

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transmission of data to any location the

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Western aeronautical test range

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undergoes continuous expansion

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refinement and improvement at the hands

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of its top professional engineers and

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support team since the time of the x-15

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the range is experienced astounding

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00:31:04,330 --> 00:31:02,210
transformations and expanded its

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00:31:07,150 --> 00:31:04,340
capabilities to become the complex and

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00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:07,160
indispensable network it is today it

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will continue to be a vital resource for

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testing air and spacecraft of the future

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such future research craft from exotic

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forms only now being familiar to those

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we have not yet imagined will share a

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common link they will depend on the

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Western aeronautical test range